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amurderofcows in gsa_lj

Did a Mississippi school stage a fake prom for a lesbian and her date?

Apr 06, 2010 01:09

You've probably read the story of Constance McMillen, a high school student in Mississippi who was denied permission to bring her girlfriend as her prom date. The ACLU sued on her behalf, and the school district canceled the prom for everyone, in a thinly veiled attempt to turn the wrath of the townsfolk on one adolescent girl ( Read more... )

the south, teens, lesbian, youth, aclu, high school

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particle_mann April 6 2010, 08:56:09 UTC

This, sadly, may be legit. Huffington Post is also reporting this, with their source being a local paper. If true, that's just a rolling load of bullshit, and sad. I feel for the poor girl, and the idiocy of the school district is extreme. That kind of stupid is for private schools to pull, not public, and right now aside from feeling incredibly bad for the people involved, I'm also embarrassed for my profession.

Vetting The News gleef April 6 2010, 13:28:23 UTC

Sad to say it, but Huffington Post has posted some underchecked news in its time too. As far as I can tell, the two original media sources of the story are the local article you linked, and the Advocate. Everyone else seems to be referencing one of them (whether they credit it like the Huffington Post, or not ( ... )

Violating the court order? gleef April 6 2010, 13:35:55 UTC

Just as some uninformed side speculation, even if school administration was (carefully) uninvolved, there's a chance that some of the parents who organized the counterprom were on the local school board. I wonder if that would open them up to legal liability for violation of the court order?

Re: Violating the court order? a_tergo_lupi April 6 2010, 13:46:13 UTC

lawl.
Local school boards are the root of all evil.

Thread 9

lostandalone22 April 6 2010, 13:18:51 UTC

Advocate

This just makes me sick. That poor kid.

jaralith April 6 2010, 13:30:44 UTC

The HuffPost and Advocate articles report that the learning-disabled kids were also directed to the fake prom.

"Two students with learning difficulties were among the seven people at the country club event, McMillen recalls. 'They had the time of their lives,' McMillen says. "That's the one good thing that come out of this, [these kids] didn't have to worry about people making fun of them [at their prom].'"

And Constance handles it with grace and class, as usual.

entropius April 6 2010, 15:59:22 UTC

And Constance handles it with grace and class, as usual.

She's learned that when you handle these things with grace and class, people tend to sympathize with you. It's that whole "moral high road" thing. It's a lesson more of Mississippi could stand to learn. The parents, the schoolboard, everyone involved in this whole flap -- they've all been acting like petulant teenagers, and the teenager's been acting like a saint.

Of course, it's hard to look graceful and classy when your entire position is based on unfounded homophobia.

Also, <3 the icon.

electrochemist April 6 2010, 23:21:20 UTC

http://jezebel.com/5510485/lesbian-teen-sent-to-decoy-prom-while-other-kids-party-at-real-one

If you look through the comments here you can find links to facebook albums of the private prom which excluded her.

tko_ak April 7 2010, 02:42:24 UTC

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/06/national/main6367855.shtml
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/04/miss-lesbian-attends--fake-prom-as-classmates-party-in-secret/1

I saw a headline a day or two ago on some gay news websites, but I'm a bad maintainer and didn't post about it.

Quite frankly, I wouldn't put it behind the school. And if it's true - as it seems - the fuckers are unfit to work for public schools.