Cancel the Prom! A lesbian student wants to bring her girlfriend
”Oh, my God. 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…. A bunch of kids at school are really going to hate me for this.”
Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old female senior who wanted to bring her sophomore girlfriend to her school’s prom. After receiving a petition to bring her same-sex date and wear a tuxedo, the Itawamba County School District of Mississippi made the decision to cancel the entire prom. They also suggested that parents of students hold their own private prom. (USA Today)
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