Ordinarily I’d say stories like these make me glad to live in NYC. But, since same-sex marriage is still illegal in NY State, well, I guess shit’s tough all over; particularly in one Mississippi school district stuck in the middle of the mickey fickey Bible Belt. Their prom scheduled for spring was cancelled after a lesbian student requested to attend with her girlfriend; and wear a tuxedo.
The student, an 18-year-old high school senior pictured here, said the prom cancellation was in retaliation for her efforts since the school’s policy requires that prom dates be of the opposite sex. The ACLU of Mississippi argued that banning same-sex prom dates violates constitutional rights. But instead of acquiescing to the student’s legal rights, the school board announced it wouldn’t host the event at all (because no event is better than one filled with those pesky gays).
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