School cancels prom because of Lesbian couple

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_lesbian_prom_date#mwpphu-container wtf is this? School officials are some of the dumbest people i've ever read about. Not just for this case but for every ****ing thing. I could go on and on with stories but just go to google and type in "student(s) suspended for... and you'll get all kinds of examples of why school officials probably use the least common sense out of any profession out there. I feel so bad for her and generally the students at the school.

Boston_Boyy

Cancelling prom is an overreaction, but they do have the right to enforce a dress code. . . .Theokhoth

[QUOTE="Ring_of_fire"]people who "pretend to be gay just for attention, aren't gay I'm saying people who are actually gay are not doing it for attentionSeraphimGoddess

One will eventually figure out if one is gay or not gay But is it so hard to just give someone the benefit of the doubt? Why diminish someone's self value saying that they are only gay to get attention, when it's generally not the case?

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"]ugh... what WONT highschool girls do for attention?Ring_of_fire

Being gay or lesbian is not a call for attention. If anyone is seeking attention, it's the overreaction (saying the very least, in the most generous way) of the school board that is it.

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]Cancelling prom is an overreaction, but they do have the right to enforce a dress code. . . .garrett_duffman

[QUOTE="Ring_of_fire"]

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"]ugh... what WONT highschool girls do for attention?Famiking

Being gay or lesbian is not a call for attention. If anyone is seeking attention, it's the overreaction (saying the very least, in the most generous way) of the school board that is it.

Key word, most. Some people just don't want to hide, and it's not them seeking attention, it's people giving them attention.

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]Cancelling prom is an overreaction, but they do have the right to enforce a dress code. . . .garrett_duffman

Yeah! Show those pesky prote- you know what, I'm not even going to finish

Here's a fun game for all you posters and lurkers - how many sweeping generalizations can you find in this thread?

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"][QUOTE="Theokhoth"]Cancelling prom is an overreaction, but they do have the right to enforce a dress code. . . .cowplayinghalo

Yeah! Show those pesky prote- you know what, I'm not even going to finish

Here's a fun game for all you posters and lurkers - how many sweeping generalizations can you find in this thread?

entropyecho

there is nothing wrong with experimentation, so long as you arent deeming youself part of the group you are experimenting with.garrett_duffman

you can experiment with homosexual activities and NOT have to have other people call you gay/call yourself gay the problem with the higschool girls in general, aside from boys, is that they are less willing to experiment without entitlement. if they try something, they HAVE to be recognized for it. Guys do stuff for attention, but it usually just gets them called a dumbass, and then its over. guys typically don't hold onto titles as much as girls do. garrett_duffman

Hey, guys, this is a religious debate AND a "racial" debate, even though gay's are really a race.

Consider this, Rosa Parks was arrested for not moving from her seat. The law said she HAD to move for a white person, but she rebelled and got arrested for it.

The same damn situation is here, there was an unfair law, she rebelled against it, and was punished.

The whole homosexual thing going on today is no different than the situation the blacks went through in the 1960's. ANYONE. ANYONE AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE, GAY RIGHTS, GAY ANYTHING are BIGOTS, and no better than the people who were racists and oppressed people of color. This whole topic makes me sick, because religion has EVERYTHING to do with it.

[QUOTE="wstfld"]More Christians pushing Christianity.Miyomatic

Don't make this a religeous argument. There are many gays who claim to be Christian.

Hey, guys, this is a religious debate AND a "racial" debate, even though gay's are really a race.

Consider this, Rosa Parks was arrested for not moving from her seat. The law said she HAD to move for a white person, but she rebelled and got arrested for it.

The same damn situation is here, there was an unfair law, she rebelled against it, and was punished.

The whole homosexual thing going on today is no different than the situation the blacks went through in the 1960's. ANYONE. ANYONE AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE, GAY RIGHTS, GAY ANYTHING are BIGOTS, and no better than the people who were racists and oppressed people of color. This whole topic makes me sick, because religion has EVERYTHING to do with it.

Jfisch93

A Feb. 5 memo to students laid out the criteria for bringing a date to the prom, and one requirement was that the person must be of the opposite sex.

[QUOTE="wstfld"]

Don't make this a religeous argument. There are many gays who claim to be Christian.

Miyomatic

Hey, guys, this is a religious debate AND a "racial" debate, even though gay's are really a race.

Consider this, Rosa Parks was arrested for not moving from her seat. The law said she HAD to move for a white person, but she rebelled and got arrested for it.

The same damn situation is here, there was an unfair law, she rebelled against it, and was punished.

The whole homosexual thing going on today is no different than the situation the blacks went through in the 1960's. ANYONE. ANYONE AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE, GAY RIGHTS, GAY ANYTHING are BIGOTS, and no better than the people who were racists and oppressed people of color. This whole topic makes me sick, because religion has EVERYTHING to do with it.

Jfisch93

[QUOTE="Jfisch93"]

Hey, guys, this is a religious debate AND a "racial" debate, even though gay's are really a race.

Consider this, Rosa Parks was arrested for not moving from her seat. The law said she HAD to move for a white person, but she rebelled and got arrested for it.

The same damn situation is here, there was an unfair law, she rebelled against it, and was punished.

The whole homosexual thing going on today is no different than the situation the blacks went through in the 1960's. ANYONE. ANYONE AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE, GAY RIGHTS, GAY ANYTHING are BIGOTS, and no better than the people who were racists and oppressed people of color. This whole topic makes me sick, because religion has EVERYTHING to do with it.

garrett_duffman

That makes me angry and sad, how do people so ignorant even get in such a powerful position. Brainkiller05

money:|

[QUOTE="Miyomatic"]

[QUOTE="Ring_of_fire"]

Being gay or lesbian is not a call for attention.

Ring_of_fire

When you're that young, it is.

no it's not. It never is. Too say otherwise, is plain ignorant.

To say it NEVER is is ignorant as well.

[QUOTE="Famiking"][QUOTE="Ring_of_fire"]

Being gay or lesbian is not a call for attention. If anyone is seeking attention, it's the overreaction (saying the very least, in the most generous way) of the school board that is it.

Ring_of_fire

Key word, most. Some people just don't want to hide, and it's not them seeking attention, it's people giving them attention.

Hey, guys, this is a religious debate AND a "racial" debate, even though gay's are really a race.

Consider this, Rosa Parks was arrested for not moving from her seat. The law said she HAD to move for a white person, but she rebelled and got arrested for it.

The same damn situation is here, there was an unfair law, she rebelled against it, and was punished.

The whole homosexual thing going on today is no different than the situation the blacks went through in the 1960's. ANYONE. ANYONE AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE, GAY RIGHTS, GAY ANYTHING are BIGOTS, and no better than the people who were racists and oppressed people of color. This whole topic makes me sick, because religion has EVERYTHING to do with it.

Jfisch93

Didint she expect to get in trouble. I mean all schools would not find that exceptable

[QUOTE="Ring_of_fire"]

[QUOTE="Famiking"] Yes they are seeking attention. Most gay people keep to themselves and avoid PDA, especially in Mississippi.Famiking

Key word, most. Some people just don't want to hide, and it's not them seeking attention, it's people giving them attention.

[QUOTE="Ring_of_fire"]

[QUOTE="Miyomatic"]

When you're that young, it is.

scoots9

no it's not. It never is. Too say otherwise, is plain ignorant.

To say it NEVER is is ignorant as well.

people who do it for attention=are not really gay.

So, I am not being ignorant.

I find it odd that some of the students reacted against the student complaining ("ruined my senior year" is an example) when it was the school's decision to call it off for everyone, even though they easily could've amended their prom rules to match the advice from the ACLU.

[QUOTE="racer8dan"]They can claim to be christians all they want, but it doesn't really matter, hell is their destination. If you say your a christian then you believe the bible, if you believe the bible, then you believe whats written in it, if you believe whats written in it, you believe homosexuality is an abominable sin, sin takes you to hell.

Theokhoth

When you're that young, it is.Miyomatic

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"][QUOTE="Jfisch93"]

Hey, guys, this is a religious debate AND a "racial" debate, even though gay's are really a race.

Consider this, Rosa Parks was arrested for not moving from her seat. The law said she HAD to move for a white person, but she rebelled and got arrested for it.

The same damn situation is here, there was an unfair law, she rebelled against it, and was punished.

The whole homosexual thing going on today is no different than the situation the blacks went through in the 1960's. ANYONE. ANYONE AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE, GAY RIGHTS, GAY ANYTHING are BIGOTS, and no better than the people who were racists and oppressed people of color. This whole topic makes me sick, because religion has EVERYTHING to do with it.

Jfisch93

Didint she expect to get in trouble. I mean all schools would not find that exceptable

Darksonic666

[QUOTE="Jfisch93"]

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"] you cant really compare the civil rights movement to some attention-craved highschool girl getting prom cancelled for EVERYONE... thats not cool... garrett_duffman

[QUOTE="Jfisch93"]

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"] you cant really compare the civil rights movement to some attention-craved highschool girl getting prom cancelled for EVERYONE... thats not cool... garrett_duffman

true fact. why couldnt this girl have just worn a dress with her significant other? but noooo, she had to violate dress code regulations and dress up as a guy, and get prom cancelled for EVERYONE. she got exactly what she wanted, and its too bad everyone else in her class had to miss out on prom because of it. garrett_duffman

They wouldn't have let her go with her date even if she had worn a dress. Besides, it's the school board's fault the prom was cancelled, rather than let someone date who they want they cancelled the entire event.

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"][QUOTE="Jfisch93"] How the hell can you prove that she did it for attention? She should be able to wear what she want, as long as it isn't revealing. and this IS a civil rights movement, it's the homosexual community's turn to rise up against white conservative christians.

XD4NTESINF3RNOX

Lol at the dufus who said, 'Thanks for ruining my senior year.' --- High school, serious business.blackngold29

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

[QUOTE="racer8dan"]They can claim to be christians all they want, but it doesn't really matter, hell is their destination. If you say your a christian then you believe the bible, if you believe the bible, then you believe whats written in it, if you believe whats written in it, you believe homosexuality is an abominable sin, sin takes you to hell.

racer8dan