We Love You LGBT Students of Fulton, Mississippi
A Lesbian student by the name of Constance McMillen, 18 was going to bring a female date and wear a tuxedo to her senior prom. OMG! The school board must have thought this would cause the world more damage than an apocalypse! They cancelled the prom entirely, WTF?
According to reports, the Itawamba County Agricultural High School in Fulton, Miss., sent out a criteria for students in Feb. regarding the dance, and one of the requirements was that each student must bring a date of the opposite sex. Why is a statement like this relevant anymore? Its a high school prom! A momentous extra-curricular activity, attended by most, but once prom is over for the evening, its a memory, unless its the prom from the movie ‘Carrie’. Anyway. The ACLU became involved since the school board’s actions violates McMillen’s constitutional rights, this action forced the school to cancel prom altogether.
We forget the idea of education is to allow a student to learn about themselves and express themselves. These teachers and school board should be elated that their own student is brave and willing to be true to herself. McMillen and her date’s bravery would have taught so much to others at that event. A teachable moment lost thanks to the school board. :(
Random prom photo courtesy of Flickr
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