Hot Lesbian Teen Denied Prom in Mississippi...

[geezer]

I think cancelling prom was a great idea. I wish my school would do that. I'm a high school teacher and got assigned "Prom
Duty" this Spring. I usually get assigned "Game Duty". Now I can handle that. But Prom Duty! I gotta dig up a tie somewhere and spend endless hours standing around some noisy rented resort/ball room pestering kids not to dance "dirty" Aaaaghhh! Hell, come to think of it, I skipped my own prom in high school... 'course I was at an all-boys school my senior year, so it was hard to find a date...

Anyway, I say let the kids get together and set up their own damn party! That's what we did in the old days, and it was way better than prom. As for the two girls that started this whole thing, Good show. At my age I'm too old to challenge authority like that. If I get fired, my family will be in a bad way. Revolution is for the young. Shake things up while you can, girls.

 

[searcher]

Just a few things:

I feel super bad for the girl havign to go back to school and face her classmates. I have a feeling she may receive some beatings for this whole fiasco. A shame.

We had no "alternative" lifestyle peopel when I went to school. Where I am from, they would have disappeared and nobody would have asked questions. Yes, it is that bad there.

Bill-you need an eye exam. She may be 18, but she is NOT hott.verkill:

 

[Gordon Nore]

Update: The Associated Press is reporting that the ACLU has now sued in Federal Court to force the school district to hold the prom.

I listened to the girl being interviewed on CBC radio this evening. She was quite delightful, well-spoken, bubbly. Displayed a sense of equanimity about the whole affair -- she talked about supportive friends at school and offered only that she is sometimes the subject of "smart" comments when she's with her girlfriend in the hall.

She expressed sadness that the prom was canceled for all but was adamant that it was a choice the board made and not her fault. She was all in favour of a private prom being held but suspected in her community that "private" would mean she and her girlfriend would not be included.

She also defended the State of Mississippi as good place with much to recommend it, though not quick to pick up on progressive ideas.

I'm rooting for this girl -- seems like a good kid.

 

[MJS]

And that is the whole crux of the situation. Folks down dere jes t'ain't at all outta the "do everythin' th' bible tells ya to do (or not do)" and into the 21st century way of modernized thinking.
Basically majority still rules doesn't it? At least we're still a democracy? If most of the folks down there don't want it do they still need to cowtow to the wants and desires of one or two of the minority?
It does suck to be out-numbered but it IS what our society is based on ... isn't it? Or did we turn totalitarian (or is it socialist?) overnight when I wasn't looking?
Laws can be changed anywhere... provided enough people vote for the change. Look at New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The school board makes the final decision and since she is STILL a student there at the school she must adhere to the rules and accept the decision of the present governing body.
Don't like it... move.
On other threads I've mentioned that I'm irked to no end by folks whining that they aren't getting what they want. I think the terminology I used was... Spoiled Brats! (and it's not just gays/lesbians). This is just another case of it. She (and her GF) have lived there long enough to KNOW that they wouldn't be accepted as a couple at the prom. But she went ahead and asked anyway... kudos to her for at least trying... but dollars to doughnuts says she already knew the answer ahead of time.
Again, I've nothing against gays/lesbians ... if it's the lifestyle they choose to live then okay... but until all the laws have been changed everywhere, accept the fact that you're going to have to either move to where it IS accepted (and now-a-days it's a LOT of places to choose from) or accept that you won't be accepted. If you love living in a particular area or have to for some reason or another then deal with how the society you live in is.

Kinda just like we see in the martial arts, with some people living in the past, fearing to adapt things, training to present day, there are people in real life, that still live like they were living 50yrs ago. Why?

 

[Bill Mattocks]

Kinda just like we see in the martial arts, with some people living in the past, fearing to adapt things, training to present day, there are people in real life, that still live like they were living 50yrs ago. Why?

Someday your cherished notions will seem quaint and old-fashioned, and some young person will claim you're 'living the past' and 'afraid to change'. They'll be right, just as you are now. Your reply will be the same as mine - why should I live the way YOU want me to live? How about I choose how I want to live and you choose how you want to live?

But you don't see that now. You imagine you will change with the times, you'll never grow old, you'll stay modern and hip and with it. You won't. Neither will I. And so it goes.

 

[Deaf Smith]

Man, there were no hot lesbians dancing with each other at MY prom. That would have sizzled.

Bill,

Let me confess something. I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body.

Sad, isn't it.

Deaf

 

[Blade96]

Yes it is. It's news that as the enlightened nations continue to expand recognized rights and differences, the US continues to hold to ignorance and bigotry while falsely claiming to be a "land of the free", etc etc etc.. Some will latch onto tht, run with it, expand it, embellish it, and so on.

Bill, you seem such a lefty when it comes to social issues, but when it comes to economics..... =]

I'm glad we agree on the social issues though.

 

[Bob Hubbard]

Nani?

 

[CoryKS]

I ain't gonna lie - I stopped reading at "hot lesbian teen". We had some fugly straight couples at our prom though. Shoulda cancelled on aesthetic grounds.

Just wanted to throw that out there.

 

[CoryKS]

Bill, you seem such a lefty when it comes to social issues, but when it comes to economics..... =]

Welcome to the wonderful world of libertarianism.

 

[Bill Mattocks]

Bill,

Let me confess something. I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body.

Sad, isn't it.

Deaf

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

 

[David43515]

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

:lfao:

 

[Stac3y]

I went to a academic and performing arts magnet school in South Louisiana. Surprisingly, though we had girls in tuxes, there were no cute boys in prom gowns.

 

[Blade96]

I went to a academic and performing arts magnet school in South Louisiana. Surprisingly, though we had girls in tuxes, there were no cute boys in prom gowns.

thats because of the double standard, we can do things that would get boys criticized to death if they did stuff Like if we wore men's clothes, who cares? But let a man try to wear a dress.......

 

[Bob Hubbard]

Hey, it worked for J. Edger Hoover......

 

[Blade96]

Hey, it worked for J. Edger Hoover......

lol

 

[Gordon Nore]

Update:

New Orleans Businessman Steps Into 'Same Sex Prom' ControversyItawamba Students Have Second Option For Prom


NEW ORLEANS, La. -- A New Orleans businessman said he's waiting to hear from the students of Itawamba Agricultural High School. Sean Cummings has offered to host their prom at his hotel. The Itawamba County School District cancelled the event after 18-year-old Constance McMillen wanted to wear a tux and bring her girlfriend.The story gained national attention and McMillen spoke out, saying it wasn't fair. Cummings said the prom must go on, despite the controversy. He's even offered transportation to the International House Hotel in New Orleans.

http://www.wapt.com/news/22831653/detail.html

 

[blindsage]

Someday your cherished notions will seem quaint and old-fashioned, and some young person will claim you're 'living the past' and 'afraid to change'. They'll be right, just as you are now. Your reply will be the same as mine - why should I live the way YOU want me to live? How about I choose how I want to live and you choose how you want to live?

But you don't see that now. You imagine you will change with the times, you'll never grow old, you'll stay modern and hip and with it. You won't. Neither will I. And so it goes.

NO, Bill. You will always be modern, hip and with it. Forever, dammit!

 

[Gordon Nore]

The school board hearing is this Monday...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iQRDDMNSipfZL1NVG-gK2OLZHJUwD9EG1BHG4

JACKSON, Miss. — School officials in a rural Mississippi county told a lesbian student to get "guys" to take her and her girlfriend to a high school prom and warned the girls against slow dancing with each other because that could "push people's buttons," according to documents filed Tuesday in federal court.
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Itawamba County School District and some officials at Itawamba Agricultural High School on behalf of Constance McMillen, 18, who wanted to escort her girlfriend to the prom and wear a tuxedo. A hearing is scheduled for Monday to hear an ACLU motion that seeks to force the district to hold the April 2 prom it canceled after McMillen made her requests.

 

[Carol]

That part of the country has banned a lot of things because they "pushed people's buttons".