An article was just published in the news today about a girl in Mississippi whose homosexuality is suspected to be the cause of the school board’s decision to cancel prom.
Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old high school senior, knew that in the Itawamba County school district in which she lived, prom dates are required to be of the opposite sex. Knowing that same-sex couples had been turned away from proms in the past, McMillen decided to approach her school’s officials to let them know that she was lesbian and that she hoped to bring her girlfriend to the prom and wear a tuxedo.
The officials told McMillen that she would not be allowed to arrive with her girlfriend, that she would not be allowed to wear a tuxedo, and that she would be asked to leave if she made other students “uncomfortable.” Read More…
