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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen

I'm sure this has been blown up out of all proportions and there must be some other, valid reason for the cancellation. For instance, it could well be that the girlfriend is colored or something.

How long before Missistupid catches up with the rest of the western world I wonder?

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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen

I'm sure this has been blown up out of all proportions and there must be some other, valid reason for the cancellation. For instance, it could well be that the girlfriend is colored or something.

How long before Missistupid catches up with the rest of the western world I wonder?

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ORIGINAL: Silentrunner26

I see why the kids are pissed and I see the side of the school . What bothers me with all the other stuff going on in our schools ( low grades ,kids raping kids , teachers dating students , and most of all our school system in this country 35Th in the world ) this is what sets everyone in the country off . A prom that has been canceled over a girl wanting to wear a tux and take her girlfriend .

I wanted to scream when my daughter asked me about the Alamo and when she did a report on it her teacher told her she had to redo it because it did not agree with the school policy on what could be taught about how Texas became free . Any other place and time I would back that gitls rights but not this time . My kids can't learn the truth about Taxas history but she has a million people calling for blood . No this is one fight I am staying out of .

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ORIGINAL: takemeforyourown

I lived in South Alabama for a few years, unfortunately. This school board decision doesn't surprise me at all. The majority of people I met in the southeast believed that God condemned homosexuality and that 'Christians' had a duty to fight its 'normalization' in American culture. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that a homosexual couple would not be welcomed at a prom in the South, where Christian Southern children would been in 'exposed'.

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ORIGINAL: brainiacsub

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ORIGINAL: takemeforyourown

I lived in South Alabama for a few years, unfortunately. This school board decision doesn't surprise me at all. The majority of people I met in the southeast believed that God condemned homosexuality and that 'Christians' had a duty to fight its 'normalization' in American culture. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that a homosexual couple would not be welcomed at a prom in the South, where Christian Southern children would been in 'exposed'.

Yep, that's exactly my experience, too. Blacks and homosexuals were pretty much an abomination.

I went to high school in southern Mississippi for a couple of years in the early '80s. My family had just spent a few years in Alaska where there weren't many minorities (except for those fucking Inuits, but we marginalized the hell out of them). Anyway, one of my first experiences in our racially segregated school was that I had purchased one of the black football players at our annual Student Council slave auction (remember those?). I didn't mean any harm by it. I just wanted him to carry my books to class and wear a pink nightgown at school for the day. I'll never forget the lecture I got from the Principal and the guidance counselor about "how it was considered improper for a white young lady to purchase a negro in our esteemed school." My money was returned to me and later that month I attended the white prom that was funded by the Student Council auction.

I still wonder what would have happened had I purchased another girl. Oh well...my Christianity remained intact. That's all that really matters.

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ORIGINAL: Silentrunner26

I see why the kids are pissed and I see the side of the school . What bothers me with all the other stuff going on in our schools ( low grades ,kids raping kids , teachers dating students , and most of all our school system in this country 35Th in the world ) this is what sets everyone in the country off . A prom that has been canceled over a girl wanting to wear a tux and take her girlfriend .

I wanted to scream when my daughter asked me about the Alamo and when she did a report on it her teacher told her she had to redo it because it did not agree with the school policy on what could be taught about how Texas became free . Any other place and time I would back that gitls rights but not this time . My kids can't learn the truth about Taxas history but she has a million people calling for blood . No this is one fight I am staying out of .

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ORIGINAL: BeachMystress

Well, I received the letter below from a friend today.  And after reading it, all I can do is shake my head and wonder what the hell has gone wrong with this country.  Read it.. they are canceling the high school prom because this girl wants to take her girlfriend. WTF??? And they pointed the finger directly at her in doing so.. actually used her name!

What? The teen years weren't already hard enough with puberty and dealing with hormones? We have to turn a young woman into the villain because she wants to spend her prom with the person she cares about and is dating? Do they think being homosexual will spread like mono? Slow dance next to a lesbian and poof.. you're gay!  If so, they're pretty screwed cuz this girl and her girlfriend have been going to school and even drinking out of the drinking fountain for years. Damn, guess they're going to have a rash of closeted folks. Don't drop the soap in MS!

I really shouldn't joke about it- not even to try to clear the bitter taste left in my mouth from just thinking about it. The ACLU is actually involved in a court case on her behalf. ( http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights/fulton-ms-prom-discrimination )

Personally I was incensed enough to send physical mail to the principal of the school and the head of the school board. I also signed the petition using my real name and "business" e-mail address. If you want to also send some physical mail voicing your concern over the matter you can find the school board site at http://www.itawambacountyschools.com/board_members.htm You'll have to google Itawamba Agricultural High School Fulton, Ms. to get the school's direct address. The home page has been hacked and destroyed. (The addy is the first entry on Google.. thank you google maps!!)

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Hey,

Did you hear about the Mississippi school board that just canceled prom because a senior girl wanted to take her girlfriend?

It's despicable. What's worse, they're openly blaming the student -- Constance McMillen -- for forcing them to cancel the prom.

Stand with Constance -- sign this petition to the school board and tell them to treat their students fairly and reinstate the prom.

http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/StandWithConstance

I can't even imagine having to take on your entire school board just to be treated with respect. And you can only imagine how her classmates must be treating her.  That's why I felt the need to do something.

Join me in making your voice heard to the Itawamba County School Board!

http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/StandWithConstance

Thanks!

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ORIGINAL: BeachMystress

Well, I received the letter below from a friend today.  And after reading it, all I can do is shake my head and wonder what the hell has gone wrong with this country.  Read it.. they are canceling the high school prom because this girl wants to take her girlfriend. WTF??? And they pointed the finger directly at her in doing so.. actually used her name!

What? The teen years weren't already hard enough with puberty and dealing with hormones? We have to turn a young woman into the villain because she wants to spend her prom with the person she cares about and is dating? Do they think being homosexual will spread like mono? Slow dance next to a lesbian and poof.. you're gay!  If so, they're pretty screwed cuz this girl and her girlfriend have been going to school and even drinking out of the drinking fountain for years. Damn, guess they're going to have a rash of closeted folks. Don't drop the soap in MS!

I really shouldn't joke about it- not even to try to clear the bitter taste left in my mouth from just thinking about it. The ACLU is actually involved in a court case on her behalf. ( http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights/fulton-ms-prom-discrimination )

Personally I was incensed enough to send physical mail to the principal of the school and the head of the school board. I also signed the petition using my real name and "business" e-mail address. If you want to also send some physical mail voicing your concern over the matter you can find the school board site at http://www.itawambacountyschools.com/board_members.htm You'll have to google Itawamba Agricultural High School Fulton, Ms. to get the school's direct address. The home page has been hacked and destroyed. (The addy is the first entry on Google.. thank you google maps!!)

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Hey,

Did you hear about the Mississippi school board that just canceled prom because a senior girl wanted to take her girlfriend?

It's despicable. What's worse, they're openly blaming the student -- Constance McMillen -- for forcing them to cancel the prom.

Stand with Constance -- sign this petition to the school board and tell them to treat their students fairly and reinstate the prom.

http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/StandWithConstance

I can't even imagine having to take on your entire school board just to be treated with respect. And you can only imagine how her classmates must be treating her.  That's why I felt the need to do something.

Join me in making your voice heard to the Itawamba County School Board!

http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/StandWithConstance

Thanks!