Mississippi High school cancels prom after student wanted to bring same sex date.

[HYHYBT]

Also, you're assuming she knew, or ought to have known, that insisting on bringing her date to the prom would get the event cancelled.

[insertNameHere]

I love the bullshit reasoning the school used in its "decision". "Oh, it'll be an educational distraction." Really? So prom is educational now?

Yes it is educational because the students will take all of the knowledge learned in sex-ed and apply it to their dates during and after prom. Except one thing, now all the guys are going to be watching these two girls go at it, ruins the whole sexcapades because other girls will start messing around with each other for attention. Then the guys will eventually start messing around with each other because ALL the girls are doing it. Proving that homosexuality is contagious and should be stopped. It is only right to keep the children safe! [end sarcasm]

Something tells me the 20K that the AHA offering will provide a much better prom the the school intended.

[elsporko]

The sad thing is thats probably what the school thinks will happen, which is straight up stupid. Guys aren't going to start going at it if there are girls they can watch do it. They're more likely to start hooting and maybe find a kiddie pool that happens to be filled with pudding.

[Fryk]

Damn, Sporko, I need to move to Mississippi to wherever all these pools of pudding are lying around. Anyone care to join?

C'mon, who's going to turn down sex AND pudding?!

[telecom_goddess]

Damn, Sporko, I need to move to Mississippi to wherever all these pools of pudding are lying around. Anyone care to join?

C'mon, who's going to turn down sex AND pudding?!

Snicker......

[BookstoreEscapee]

I was reading some of the posts on the ABC News story on this; there was one person arguing along the lines of "what about the other kids' right to not be made uncomfortable by the lesbian couple and the fact that a girl is wearing a tuxedo?!?!" Can someone tell me which Constitutional amendment guarantees you the right to not be made uncomfortable? I admit I'm no Constitutional scholar and I haven't read the entire thing, so maybe I missed it.... (Maybe it's the same one that guarantees that your freedom of speech means that no one can disagree or argue with you.)

The only way to defeat Christian bigotry (be it against blacks or gays) is to stand up to them.

Plenty of people supported the Civil Rights movement because they were Christians, whites and blacks both.
Granted, the majority of the anti-gay arguments I've heard boil down to religious reasons...

What's next, letting Fred Phelps become the sex- ed teacher?

He'd scare me into abstinence...!

[Nyoibo]

"what about the other kids' right to not be made uncomfortable by the lesbian couple and the fact that a girl is wearing a tuxedo?!?!"

Girls in properly cut tuxedos are hot.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Girls in properly cut tuxedos are hot.

Hehe. There was girl in my class who wore pants to the prom. Not a tux, but a dressy velvet pantsuit-type thing.

I do not believe she was a lesbian.

[elsporko]

I was reading some of the posts on the ABC News story on this; there was one person arguing along the lines of "what about the other kids' right to not be made uncomfortable by the lesbian couple and the fact that a girl is wearing a tuxedo?!?!" Can someone tell me which Constitutional amendment guarantees you the right to not be made uncomfortable? I admit I'm no Constitutional scholar and I haven't read the entire thing, so maybe I missed it.... (Maybe it's the same one that guarantees that your freedom of speech means that no one can disagree or argue with you.)

Schools don't need to be in accordance to the constitution.

[KnitShoni]

Schools don't need to be in accordance to the constitution.

At all? Why not?

[Arcade Man D]

Schools don't need to be in accordance to the constitution.

Decades of case law and Supreme Court precedents say the exact opposite. Public schools are government organizations and are thus constrained by the same rules as the rest of the government.

[Slytovhand]

Query for all you lawyer-types: if the school cancels the prom, and then encourages the students to do their own without the girl, isn't that drawing a very (too) fine a distinction from holding it itself? After all, it could easily be seen as promoting the event themselves - moreso if they get actively involved in either hosting the event, or with 'regulating' it.

(yes, I did read the whole thread, so the point is moot, but for future events of this kind).

[BookstoreEscapee]

Schools don't need to be in accordance to the constitution.

Uh, I think the courts would disagree. Yes, schools can curtail certain rights in the interest of actually educating students (freedom of speech doesn't mean you can disrupt the classroom and prevent them from actually teaching, for instance). But there are numerous court decisions that go against school policies and actions that are blatantly unconstitutional.

Though the post you responded to was not referring specifically to schools. It's just an argument I see a lot on the internet, and I want to know where people get the idea that they have some sort of constitutional right to never have the real world intrude on their little bubble, or that freedom of speech means that no one can disagree with you. Maybe they're all internet trolls, but I see it a lot.

[smileyeagle1021]

We Won!

OK, so no update yet on Constance, but the community has had a serious victory... a school in Georgia changed their mind about denying a gay couple access to the prom after all the uproar from those upset over the decision in Mississippi.
http://www.macon.com/2010/03/23/1069...-allowing.html

Keep up the pressure on these Christian Homophobe bastards, the tide will turn!

[Fryk]

That means not letting them let Constance's story die in the media until it's resolved! Keep the spotlight on it.