just sharing some Righteous Indignation

[Rodney]

I just read this article and I wanted to share my feelings about it:

Link to full article

JACKSON, Miss. – An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday.

Urgh ! It's such a poor example the school district gives to the students and future citizens : If you fear to loose a trial, you should use every available mean to bypass the judgment. Even if that includes denying a whole class their prom and branding a single child as responsible for it.

[Mitera Nikkou]

What else is new, though? If people really understood love, this wouldn't happen.

[KonokoHasano]

Actually, if people understood anything this wouldn't happen.... or if they weren't afraid of things they didn't understand.

[Xia]

the ALCU should be all over that school district like Palin on Stupidity

[Bigmouthstrikes]

the ALCU should be all over that school district like Palin on Stupidity

HA!

[Rodney]

the ALCU should be all over that school district like Palin on Stupidity

They are, they are.

But the school district seems to have a very unapologetic stance.

It is extremely depressing to see a group of adults and children cooperating and setting up a trap to prevent someone from attending a community meeting. It shows a great deal of rejection and failure to speak out. I doubt these values are what high school is supposed to teach. But maybe this is the kind of education most parents in Fulton want for their children.

[Flannery]

So because of one person's personal life choices, you have to ruin everyones fun. It's like dropping a nuke on a lone gunman. Overkill!

[Xia]

actually, I believe that after they canceled the prom, they restarted...and then held a secret prom for everyone else.

I shit you not

[Bigmouthstrikes]

That's amazingly pathetic...