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Back to the basics what a novel idea. But the rule about who you can take to the prom is imposing a world view not shared by all on those that don't share it. And that is the hart of the matter. Can I take who I want to the prom? The alter? To bed?
Constance McMillen, the Mississippi teen suing her high school over a ban on same-sex couples attending the prom, thought the worst might be over when the school agreed to a private dance to be held off school property. But when she and her date arrived at the Fulton Country Club on Friday night, they found only seven other students.
"She didn't stay very long because of the sparse attendance," Kristy Bennett, her legal counsel, told msnbc.com.
Now, why didn't she stay and enjoy herself? Maybe she was just looking for the attention.
"To avoid Constance McMillen bringing a female date to her prom, the teen was sent to a "fake prom" while the rest of her class partied at a secret location at an event organized by parents. "They had two proms and I was only invited to one of them," McMillen says...."The one that I went to had seven people there, and everyone went to the other one I wasn’t invited to."
Wow, these parents are just fabulous role models, aren't they?
"To avoid Constance McMillen bringing a female date to her prom, the teen was sent to a "fake prom" while the rest of her class partied at a secret location at an event organized by parents. "They had two proms and I was only invited to one of them," McMillen says...."The one that I went to had seven people there, and everyone went to the other one I wasn’t invited to."
Wow, these parents are just fabulous role models, aren't they?
She has no "right" to attend a party she's not been invited to. The other kids and their parents certainly have the right to set up their own prom, especially after this girl ruined their prom in the first place.
Looks like she is too concerned about her 15 minutes of fame.
She has no "right" to attend a party she's not been invited to. The other kids and their parents certainly have the right to set up their own prom, especially after this girl ruined their prom in the first place.
Who said anything about it being her "right"? That a group of parents intentionally set up 2 separate proms, and then intentinally misled the excluded kids so they wouldn't attend the main one is perhaps behavior one would expect from a group of teenage bullies, not from a group of parents who one would hope are considerate of others feelings, and hoping to be positive role models. If they didn't want their kids to "catch gay", then there should have been one prom, and they could have kept their kids at home.
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Originally Posted by sanrene
Looks like she is too concerned about her 15 minutes of fame.
Has it occured to you that she feels as strongly about standing up for her opinions and defending her homosexuality, as you feel strongly defending your position of homophobia?
She has no "right" to attend a party she's not been invited to. The other kids and their parents certainly have the right to set up their own prom, especially after this girl ruined their prom in the first place.
So you support lying to her and tricking her into attending a fake prom? That's something a 16-year-old bully would support. How old are you, dear?
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Who said anything about it being her "right"? That a group of parents intentionally set up 2 separate proms, and then intentinally misled the excluded kids so they wouldn't attend the main one is perhaps behavior one would expect from a group of teenage bullies, not from a group of parents who one would hope are considerate of others feelings, and hoping to be positive role models. If they didn't want their kids to "catch gay", then there should have been one prom, and they could have kept their kids at home.
Has it occured to you that she feels as strongly about standing up for her opinions and defending her homosexuality, as you feel strongly defending your position of homophobia?
Uh-huh. So, the one outweighs the many. Just because "advocate" is claiming that, doesn't make it true (they are a touch biased I think).
Has it occurred to you that those kids feel the same way? People have many different reasons for being against homosexuality, which is entirely their right. If they think it a sin, abnormal, unnatural and don't want their children subjected to a same sex "couple", that is clearly within their right.
Obviously, she wanted to make a splash and since no one was there to notice, she high-tailed it out.
I'm not "afraid" of gays, but just like those parents, I don't want my children around that lifestyle.
U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson noted that McMillen has been openly gay since she was in the eighth grade and that she intended to communicate a message by wearing a tuxedo and escorting another girl to the dance.
In orders words, I'm going to make a stink and hope my classmates love me for it.
I think the message she got was different than the one she intended. Make all the stink you want, but you can't force people to acquiesce to your wishes.
Last edited by sanrene; 04-05-2010 at 08:11 PM..
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