Related: Around AmeriKa: MSM's Mississippi Burning
I'm not feeling that hot, thanks.
"Miss. officials defend canceling prom after same-sex date request" by Associated Press | March 23, 2010
ABERDEEN, Miss. — School officials who canceled a prom after a lesbian student asked to bring her girlfriend told a federal judge yesterday that there were issues with the event even before that.
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing in US District Court to force the Itawamba County school district to sponsor the prom and allow Constance McMillen to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. Schools Superintendent Teresa McNeece and school board chairman Eddie Hood testified that they had discussed not sponsoring the prom even before McMillen challenged a rule that prohibits same-sex dates. They said they had concerns about liability problems, including possible use of alcohol and drugs at a school-sponsored event.
But they also said they decided to call off the April 2 prom at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton because McMillen’s challenge to the rules had caused disruptions. “We were being hounded every day. Our students were being hounded,’’ McNeece said....
One might even say BULLIED!
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And the verdict?
"School violated lesbian’s rights, judge says" by Associated Press | March 24, 2010
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi school district violated a lesbian student’s rights by banning her from bringing her girlfriend to the prom, a federal judge ruled yesterday, but he stopped short of forcing the district to hold the event.
US District Judge Glen H. Davidson denied an American Civil Liberties Union request for a preliminary injunction that would have forced the Itawamba County School District to sponsor the April 2 prom and allow Constance McMillen to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.
Davidson did say he will hold a trial on the issue later, but he did not set a date. Any ruling would probably be too late to force the district to hold the prom when it was originally scheduled.
Davidson’s order says the district violated McMillen’s constitutional rights by denying her request to bring her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo, and Kristy Bennett, ACLU Mississippi legal director, called that a victory. She said Davidson’s order allows McMillen to amend her petition within 30 days, meaning she could sue for damages because she couldn’t get the prom reinstated....
Yeah, THAT is what thi$ was ALL ABOUT, wa$n't it?
So TOWN TAXPAYER$ could get $OAKED!
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I so don't care about this issue anymore and yet it is repeatedly flogged in the newspaper day after day after day, tying up print that could be better spent on something else.
