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thedailywhat: This Is Some Bullshit of the Day: A school district in northern Mississippi has decided to scrap a local high school’s senior prom rather than let 18-year-old Constance McMillen attend the event in a tuxedo with her girlfriend. The Itawamba County school board made the call to cancel prom following a request from the ACLU of Mississippi that an unconstitutional policy banning same-sex prom dates be changed. A statement released by the school board announcing the nixing of prom refers to the ACLU and Constance McMillen as “distractions to the educational process” without mentioning either by name. “That’s really messed up because the message they are sending is that if they have to let gay people go to prom that they are not going to have one,” McMillen said in an interview with the Clarion-Ledger. “A bunch of kids at school are really going to hate me for this, so in a way it’s really retaliation.” [photo: examiner.]

thedailywhat:

This Is Some Bullshit of the Day: A school district in northern Mississippi has decided to scrap a local high school’s senior prom rather than let 18-year-old Constance McMillen attend the event in a tuxedo with her girlfriend.

The Itawamba County school board made the call to cancel prom following a request from the ACLU of Mississippi that an unconstitutional policy banning same-sex prom dates be changed. A statement released by the school board announcing the nixing of prom refers to the ACLU and Constance McMillen as “distractions to the educational process” without mentioning either by name.

“That’s really messed up because the message they are sending is that if they have to let gay people go to prom that they are not going to have one,” McMillen said in an interview with the Clarion-Ledger. “A bunch of kids at school are really going to hate me for this, so in a way it’s really retaliation.”

[photo: examiner.]

  1. vinaigrette reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Oh. because straight couples...classroom ARENT distractions
  2. radpistol reblogged this from rockgurl177 and added:
    PEOPLE ARE SUCH ASSHOLES
  3. zeptarthestarman reblogged this from orangeyetis and added:
    This is horrible. I can’t believe people are still close-minded
  4. uber-alles reblogged this from mandylee740 and added:
    This is fucked up…I hate how people discrimate against others…it’s totally not fair.
  5. woody reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    That is some bullshit. And I bet...90% christian, just saying.
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    i was talking about this with some friends earlier. i am 100% for gay rights. like absolutely. i also live in the bible...
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    People are messed up…this makes me unbelievably mad. I just want to march down there and tell those school officials...
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    Honestly, things like this...tears every time I read them. It’s unfair and
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    WHAT. If I remember correctly,...Senior couple pulled something like this off
  21. watsup-doc reblogged this from alittlebifurious and added:
    WTF is this shit? RAGE!
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    i can’t stand homophobic
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  29. orangeyetis reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    just disgusting and sad. Petty.
  30. waesohotoppa reblogged this from obliviousmushroom and added:
    wow… the school’s really stupid!
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    Goliath falls down, David is left standing with Nerf stone and sling...hand wondering,...

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