Mississippi High School cancels prom, rather than allow a lesbian couple

Paxton007 · Mar 11, 2010

Here's the link :confused

TimW · Mar 11, 2010

And you wonder why our educational system is in so much trouble?? How can kids receive a decent education when the School Board is made up of imbeciles?? I swear that teachers are becoming less and less educated themselves. I could site too many examples of this from my own experiences of teaching.

Oh, and by the way, we had two black students in my school when I was a senior. I took the female to our senior prom! I don't think a single person raised an eyebrow. ( Circa 1967.)

KingSteve · Mar 11, 2010

i guess it doesnt surprise me in a town like that.

what happened to the hot button area? just noticed it was gone...

Gregoryno6 · Mar 11, 2010

KingSteve said: ↑

what happened to the hot button area? just noticed it was gone...
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If they don't allow lesbians, you think they're going to allow 'hot buttons'? C'mon...:-D

But seriously, folks, I wish I was in a position to help this girl out. She could take me to the prom - as a man who is sexually attracted to women, I have long considered myself to be an honorary lesbian.

Rikky · Mar 11, 2010

"It's a small town in Mississippi, and it's run by an older generation with money. Most of them are more conservative and they don't agree with it," she said.

Fulton Mayor Paul Walker said he supports the school district's decision and knew of no private efforts to host the prom.

"I think the community as a whole is probably in support of the school district," Walker said of the town of about 4,000.

Southside Baptist Church Pastor Bobby Crenshaw said he's seen the South portrayed as "backwards" on Web sites discussing the issue, "but a lot more people here have biblically based values."

Itawamba County is a rural area of about 23,000 people in north Mississippi near the Alabama state line. It's near Pontotoc County, Miss., where more than a decade ago school officials were sued in federal court over their practice of student-led intercom prayer and Bible classes.

A couple of students had different reactions to the decision.

Anna Watson, a 17-year-old junior at the high school, was looking forward to the prom, especially since the town's only hotspot is the bowling alley, she said.

"I am a little bummed out about it. I guess it's a decision that had to be made. Either way someone was going to get disappointed — either Constance was or we were," Watson said. "I don't agree with homosexuality, but I can't change what another person thinks or does."
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God made the world Adam and Eve not Gwen and Eve,Lesbians make Jesus cry.

I wouldn't be surprised if a few of those people in that town had coloured slaves to clean the house,for all their faults though they do play a mean banjo.

Paxton007 · Mar 18, 2010

Here's more on the story. A trial date has been set, to force the prom. Yahoo News.

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