"No gays" at Indiana HS Prom

[The Shadow]

Indiana school group petitions for a 'gay-free' prom

A group of students, parents, and a teacher at Sullivan High School in Sullivan, Indiana are petitioning for a "traditional" prom that does not include LGBT students, local NBC News network WTWO reported.

The group met at Sullivan First Christian Church Sunday to plan the separate prom, after the school said they were not legally able to ban gays from attending the official event.

All I can say to this is "Here we go again..."

[Greenday]

The teacher involved should be fired for discriminating against his/her gay students. There's no shortage of education majors looking for jobs in this country so replacing them shouldn't be a challenge.

Let these people waste their money on some crappy 5 person prom while everyone else goes to the real prom and enjoys themselves. God forbid they suck it up and be in the same room as gay people. If you don't like someone, just don't hang out with them at the prom.

[AmbrosiaWriter]

Town's Response to the group.

The good news is that pretty much everyone else in the town (including the pastor of the church where they held their meeting) is distancing themselves and saying things like, "We don't agree with them." "Even if we don't like what gays do, we still think that they should be allowed at prom." Etc. and so forth.

Nice to see people starting to come out and open their mouths instead of staying silent and letting the bigots represent their community.

[fireheart17]

The good news is that pretty much everyone else in the town (including the pastor of the church where they held their meeting) is distancing themselves and saying things like, "We don't agree with them." "Even if we don't like what gays do, we still think that they should be allowed at prom." Etc. and so forth.

Nice to see people starting to come out and open their mouths instead of staying silent and letting the bigots represent their community.

The only nitpick I have with that is "What exactly do the "gays" do that straight people don't?" given that...well let's see. If they're referring to anal sex, plenty of straight couples do that and in some places it's considered to be a form of contraception (albeit a very unreliable one given the tendency for semen to dribble). If they're referring to scissoring, plenty of couples dry hump (especially teenagers). If it's kissing, well straight couples do that too in some cases, in more public places and more often than gay couples.

Otherwise I'm glad that people are finally opening their mouths without fear of persecution.

[AmbrosiaWriter]

I think it's just the "doing it with someone of the same gender" that they don't agree to/it squwiks them out. *shrug*

Also... *smirk* scissoring is anything but dry.

[MrsEclipse]

"And thus the school faculty could pat each other on the back content with the knowledge that, while homosexuality might exist, at least there wasn't any that they knew of going on in that one particular building that one particular night."
source I can think of six dozen other pointless wastes of time that don't involve excluding and demonizing other people for stupid and petty reasons.

fireheart17- I really get what you're saying. The problem is, the mindset with people like the pastor ("We don't like what they do but we think they should do it") is that...Well, what do gays do that straight people don't? People of their own sex. For some people, that's enough of a distinction that the actual actions don't come into play.

It's like trying to explain to people how Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World are two different places and they're built completely different, when somebody's only been to one or even neither.
"Oh. Well, do they still have Small World there?" "Yes." "Do they have the Haunted Mansion?" "Um, yes." "What about Splash Mountain?" "Well, they have that too. But there are more critters!" "How about Space Mountain?" "Well... yes. But the tracks are different, you know! In Florida there are two tracks that mirror each other while in California--" and their eyes just glaze over because they have no frame of reference or general interest.

It's like that, only instead of annoying a Disney traveler, people's lives are damaged and it needs to stop.

[Jaden]

The only nitpick I have with that is "What exactly do the "gays" do that straight people don't?"

I mean, we just have to accept that a lot of religious people for whatever reason don't agree with homosexuality. Maybe "accept" isn't the correct word - we can and should try to change the mentality, but saying "I disagree with their lifestyle, but it's none of my business" is definitely a step in the right direction.

[fireheart17]

I mean, we just have to accept that a lot of religious people for whatever reason don't agree with homosexuality. Maybe "accept" isn't the correct word - we can and should try to change the mentality, but saying "I disagree with their lifestyle, but it's none of my business" is definitely a step in the right direction.

I think you mean "I disagree with who their partner is, but that's none of my business." Gay isn't a lifestyle

[Nyoibo]

I think you mean "I disagree with who their partner is, but that's none of my business." Gay isn't a lifestyle

Yes and no, being gay isn't a lifestyle, but being in a relationship is, just as it is with heterosexuals choosing to be in a relationship, celibate or otherwise.