Prom Cancelled Over Lesbians

[Trainwreck2100]

JACKSON, Miss. – A northern Mississippi school district will not be hosting a high school prom this spring after a lesbian student sought to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

The Itawamba County school district's board decided Wednesday to drop the prom because of what it called recent distractions but without specifically mentioning the girl's request, which was backed by the American Civil Liberties Union.

The student, 18-year-old high school senior Constance McMillen, said the cancellation was retaliation for her efforts to bring her girlfriend, also a student, to the April 2 dance.

"A bunch of kids at school are really going to hate me for this, so in a way it's really retaliation," McMillen told The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson. Calls to McMillen by The Associated Press late Wednesday went unanswered.

School policy requires that senior prom dates be of the opposite sex. The ACLU of Mississippi had given the district until Wednesday to change that policy, arguing that banning same-sex prom dates violated McMillen's constitutional rights.

Instead, the school board met and issued a statement announcing it wouldn't host the event at Itawamba County Agricultural High School in Fulton, "due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events."

The statement didn't mention McMillen or the ACLU. When asked by The Associated Press if McMillen's demand led to the cancellation, school board attorney Michele Floyd said she could only reference the statement.

"It is our hope that private citizens will organize an event for the juniors and seniors," district officials said in the statement. "However, at this time, we feel that it is in the best interest of the Itawamba County School District, after taking into consideration the education, safety and well being of our students."

Kristy Bennett, legal director for the ACLU of Mississippi, said the district was trying to avoid the issue.

"But that doesn't take away their legal obligations to treat all the students fairly," Bennett said. "On Constance's behalf, this is unfair to her. All she's trying to do is assert her rights."

Itawamba County is a rural area of about 23,000 people in north Mississippi near the Alabama state line. It's near Pontotoc County, Miss., where more than a decade ago school officials were sued in federal court over their practice of student-led intercom prayer and Bible classes.

Anna Watson, a 17-year-old junior at the high school, was looking forward to the prom, especially since the town's only hotspot is the bowling alley, she said.

"I am a little bummed out about it. I guess it's a decision that had to be made. Either way someone was going to get disappointed — either Constance was or we were," Watson said. "I don't agree with homosexuality, but I can't change what another person thinks or does."

Other students are on McMillen's side.

McKenzie Chaney, 16, said she wasn't planning to attend the prom, but "it's kind of ridiculous that they can't let her wear the tuxedo and it all be over with."

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.

The ACLU said McMillen approached school officials shortly before the memo went out because she knew same-sex dates had been banned in the past. The ACLU said district officials told McMillen she and her girlfriend wouldn't be allowed to arrive together, that she would not be allowed to wear a tuxedo, and that she and her girlfriend might be asked to leave if their presence made any other students "uncomfortable."

McMillen said she feared she would be thrown out of the prom because "we do live in the Bible Belt."


I said it before and i'll say it again. If you want to be hot lesbians God Bless you. If you want to dress like a dude, shove off

[redzero]

Gays ruin everything.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

What a gay

[jack sommerset]

Gays ruin everything.

Amen brother.

[Kermit]

Maybe she's a hot lesbian who wants to dress like a dude. It's Mississippi. I imagine if she was black and gay she would be hanging from a tree right now.

[Fpoonsie]

I said it before and i'll say it again. If you want to be hot lesbians God Bless you. If you want to dress like a dude, shove off

:lmao

I find myself agreeing w/ every chauvinistic, bigoted thing you say.

Prolly not a GOOD thing.

[The Gemini Method]

WWBHD? (What Would Becky Hammon Do?)

[Dex]

That's ghey.

[z0sa]

Drama Queen 101.

Instead of complaining about the rules 2 months before hand, just break them that night.

The problem with that? Those two prolly just get kicked out or reprimanded privately. How it is now, EVERYONE gets to be a part of their dilemma.

[Trainwreck2100]

Maybe she's a hot lesbian who wants to dress like a dude. It's Mississippi. I imagine if she was black and gay she would be hanging from a tree right now.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_lesbian_prom_date

pics in the link

[Kermit]

http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2010/03/11/08/598-Lesbian_Prom_Date.sff.embedded.prod_affiliate.56.j pg

She's not the bee's knees but I've seen much, much worse.

[coyotes_geek]

Oh noes! Lesbians! Shut down the prom and run for your lives! :madrun

[Trainwreck2100]

http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2010/03/11/08/598-Lesbian_Prom_Date.sff.embedded.prod_affiliate.56.j pg

She's not the bee's knees but I've seen much, much worse.

still looks like she's been put through the ringer a couple of times

[symple19]

WWBHD? (What Would Becky Hammon Do?)

win^^

Why the fuck are people so afraid of gay people? Especially the southern states. Shit has got to stop.

I do kinda agree with trainwreck about bull dykes though. Hot lesbians are the truth, but the flannel wearing ones need to stay away... For aesthetic purposes, of course

[IronMexican]

I'd bone her.

[redzero]

http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/constance-mcmillen.jpg

http://media.skateboard.com.au/forum/images/man-the-harpoons.jpg

[Kermit]

http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/constance-mcmillen.jpg

http://media.skateboard.com.au/forum/images/man-the-harpoons.jpg

Cushion for the strap-on pushin'.

[redzero]

LOL all of you who said they'd hit that.

[Trainwreck2100]

Cushion for the strap-on pushin'.

shes the one in the tux so shes doin the pushin

[Kermit]

LOL all of you who said they'd hit that.

One person.

[Trainwreck2100]

One person.

i still think iron mex would hit that

[Kermit]

shes the one in the tux so shes doin the pushin

Makes me wonder what her date looks like.

[symple19]

http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/constance-mcmillen.jpg

http://media.skateboard.com.au/forum/images/man-the-harpoons.jpg

:lmao

Props to IMEX for being honest.

[IronMexican]

I'd still hit it.

[coyotes_geek]

i still think iron mex would hit that

Some dude needs to hit that. Then those kids could have their prom.

[symple19]

Makes me wonder what her date looks like.

probably skinny and hot. My guess is this constance chick is the "dude" in the relationship

[Trainwreck2100]

i still think iron mex would hit that


I'd still hit it.

told ya

[IronMexican]

Nothing wrong with fat chicks. At least most of the fat is in her thighs and not the gut.

[Kermit]

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v228/334/1/n1060817287_8682.jpg

Here's another one for you IM. I'm feeling stalkerish today.

[The Gemini Method]

You gotta get it while the gettin' is good...You do your thang, IM!

[Trainwreck2100]

Some dude needs to hit that. Then those kids could have their prom.

i think men have been there, shes got that "been fucked over by too many guys who took advantage of my low self-esteem" lesbian look to her

[IronMexican]

I hate pictures like the last one Kermit posted. They make it seem like their skinny. And I couldn't be the only one that would hit that.

[symple19]

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v228/334/1/n1060817287_8682.jpg

Here's another one for you IM. I'm feeling stalkerish today.

not terrible for a biggun. Find her girlfriend if ya can Kermit

[Kermit]

I hate pictures like the last one Kermit posted. They make it seem like their skinny. And I couldn't be the only one that would hit that.

I'm sure there is a multitude of people on here who would hit it. No one's going to admit it though.

[jack sommerset]

That fat vagina has yeast infection written all over it.

[IronMexican]

And besides, she's over 18 and not pregnant. Not too often you get to see that where I live:tu

[The Gemini Method]

Cuz, you know...size of a girl and yeast infection really have a correlation...

[Trainwreck2100]

.

[The Gemini Method]

And besides, she's over 18 and not pregnant. Not too often you get to see that where I live:tu

This is true...very true where I'm from as well. It is like finding a brand new PS3 under a Christmas tree if you find a girl w/o a kid in the LBC...

[Kermit]

not terrible for a biggun. Find her girlfriend if ya can Kermit

Symple, there are about 100 birkenstock wearing, armpit hair having, pu**y licking, ACLU worshiping, bonafide dikes ready to tear her up. She's a famous lesbian, and if there's one thing lesbians love above all else, it's a famous vagina to dive into.

[Spurminator]

How the hell do school administrators know who she planned to bring and how she would be dressed? I don't remember having to register my prom date or have our outfits approved.

[z0sa]

I hate pictures like the last one Kermit posted. They make it seem like their skinny. And I couldn't be the only one that would hit that.

I would too. Fat bitch needed some love a long time ago.

[coyotes_geek]

i think men have been there, shes got that "been fucked over by too many guys who took advantage of my low self-esteem" lesbian look to her

I was getting more of a "i'm not popular so i'll make myself an outcast" vibe, but you could be right.

[symple19]

Symple, there are about 100 birkenstock wearing, armpit hair having, pu**y licking, ACLU worshiping, bonafide dikes ready to tear her up. She's a famous lesbian, and if there's one thing lesbians love above all else, it's a famous vagina to dive into.

can't disagree with you there :lol What I meant though, was to find a picture of her current girlfriend so we can see if she's the skinny feminine one (if the stereotype holds true)

[Trainwreck2100]

How the hell do school administrators know who she planned to bring and how she would be dressed? I don't remember having to register my prom date or have our outfits approved.

she told them

[IronMexican]

This is true...very true where I'm from as well. It is like finding a brand new PS3 under a Christmas tree if you find a girl w/o a kid in the LBC...

Really does cut back the girls left to get.

[Trainwreck2100]

I hate pictures like the last one Kermit posted. They make it seem like their skinny.

That would be #6

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9072/internetdiseasetypesjj3.jpg

[IronMexican]

TW speaks truth

[symple19]

That shit is funny TW, and true

[symple19]

#9 would be illuzion, AKA 'the hottest clubber' :lol

[dimsah]

"Beware: Quite possibly a ninja."

:rollin

[The Gemini Method]

LOL @ the ninja part...

It's a shame that they cancelled the whole shindig. In fact, it could lead to even more issues on campus now that there is NO prom for any students. Really is going to be hell for the couple for the next few months at least.

[Spurminator]

she told them

She just volunteered the information? What an attention whore. I'd be pissed at her too.

We had lesbians at our prom but they didn't make a big production about it.

[Spurminator]

Hmm, I think I went to high school with number 7.

[z0sa]

LOL @ the ninja part...

It's a shame that they cancelled the whole shindig. In fact, it could lead to even more issues on campus now that there is NO prom for any students. Really is going to be hell for the couple for the next few months at least.

I think that's what the "couple" wanted.

[CuckingFunt]

Yep. There's just about as much stupid in this thread as I'd assumed from the title.

[Trainwreck2100]

I was getting more of a "i'm not popular so i'll make myself an outcast" vibe, but you could be right.


http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v228/334/1/n1060817287_8682.jpg


this pic just screams attention whore though

[z0sa]

Yep. There's just about as much stupid in this thread as I'd assumed from the title.

What are you getting defensive about?

[Trainwreck2100]

Yep. There's just about as much stupid in this thread as I'd assumed from the title.

The prom was cancelled over lesbians, nothin wrong with the title

[Kermit]

What are you getting defensive about?

What isn't she defensive about?

[CuckingFunt]

What are you getting defensive about?

Defensive?

[z0sa]

Defensive?

It appears that way since this thread has been nothing but light hearted and casual. Not enough to warrant your usual "This thread is so stupid but I still read it" comment.

[redzero]

It appears that way since this thread has been nothing but light hearted and casual. Not enough to warrant your usual "This thread is so stupid but I still read it" comment.

Yeah. This thread's been mostly about Constance being a hippo and an attention whore.

[symple19]

Yeah. This thread's been mostly about Constance being a hippo and an attention whore.

solid thread, imho

[CuckingFunt]

It appears that way since this thread has been nothing but light hearted and casual. Not enough to warrant your usual "This thread is so stupid but I still read it" comment.

Calling me defensive would imply that I had a reason to defend myself. Since to my knowledge no one had mentioned me in this thread previous to my posting, that's far from the case.

I merely implied that a portion of the content of this thread was stupid. I didn't elaborate as to what, exactly, I was talking about. The fact that you apparently took that to mean I thought the comments were stupid, rather than the article or the prom cancellation itself, would actually make you the defensive one.

For the sake of clarification, however: I think the school's decision to cancel prom based on this girl's plans is stupid. I think the fact that the school even gives a fuck who she, or anyone else, is bringing to the prom is stupid. I think that making a big production over who you're bringing to prom, if that's what this girl did, in an environment where you know this information will likely not be well received is stupid. Additionally, I think that having to censor yourself and hide information in a way that the rest of the student body doesn't have to is stupid. As of the time of this post, I haven't even read the majority of the posts in this thread (though I bet I can pretty well guess their gist) and was not, in fact, referring to yours or anyone else's contribution(s) to the thread as stupid.

[JudynTX]

Speaking of prom. My best friend at the time had a bad picture taken of her and her date. :lol

He had a boner!!!!! You could tell. :lmao

We never let her forget about it.

[z0sa]

Calling me defensive would imply that I had a reason to defend myself.

Technically, yes. But one does not always defend themselves solely; one defends causes of others, as well.


I merely implied that a portion of the content of this thread was stupid. I didn't elaborate as to what, exactly, I was talking about. The fact that you apparently took that to mean I thought the comments were stupid, rather than the article or the prom cancellation itself, would actually make you the defensive one.

I disagree; I did not "apparently take that to mean the comments of the posters rather than the article/subject matter". I did assume you were getting defensive over the actual subject matter, which is why I asked you about it. I wouldn't have asked if I knew for sure.


was not, in fact, referring to yours or anyone else's contribution(s) to the thread as stupid.

Thank you for the clarification, but I don't think anyone thought that.

OTOH, "There's just about as much stupid in this thread" really does make it seem like you were getting defensive over someone's comments.

[The Reckoning]

thats why they have sadie hawkins.

duh!

[Kermit]

Nothing at this prom could ever top the exploits of this dude...

http://aidenvdh.rootnode.net/fun_gallery/imgs/High%20school%20dance%20priceless.jpg

Old pic, but hilarious.

[symple19]

Do people really give a fuck about the Prom?

My gf and I didn't attend, we proceeded directly to the house party to get fucked up. Probably half of our friends did the same thing. When her parents asked why we didn't get any pictures done, we told em' that the line was too long and that we'd rather save the money anyway. (Which we spent on beer and bud for said house party)

[symple19]

Nothing at this prom could ever top the exploits of this dude...

http://aidenvdh.rootnode.net/fun_gallery/imgs/High%20school%20dance%20priceless.jpg

Old pic, but hilarious.

That dude is handling business...Phenomenal

[BRHornet45]

filthy trash

[Kermit]

Do people really give a fuck about the Prom?



Unfortunately yes.

[Trainwreck2100]

filthy trash

sons who is the filthy trash?

[BRHornet45]

sons who is the filthy trash?

son those nasty looking lesbians.

[Kermit]

filthy trash

Here you go son. This is more up your alley.

http://binside.typepad.com/binside_tv/images/2008/06/06/prom.jpg

[Trainwreck2100]

Do people really give a fuck about the Prom?




Sons some bitches still want to have a nice formal dance and get date raped later on

[redzero]

Here you go son. This is more up your alley.

http://binside.typepad.com/binside_tv/images/2008/06/06/prom.jpg

http://blog.internetnews.com/apatrizio/do-not-want-dog.jpg

[BRHornet45]

Here you go son. This is more up your alley.

http://binside.typepad.com/binside_tv/images/2008/06/06/prom.jpg

nah son. thanks to the wonderful cities of Houston and Dallas ... we don't have as much of that kind of crap around here. thanks again Texas for helping New Orleans become beautiful again!

[Trainwreck2100]

son those nasty looking lesbians.

sons you know if they wasn't lesbians they wouldn't be considered nasty, just "practice girls" Urybody needs a practice girl.

[BRHornet45]

sons you know if they wasn't lesbians they wouldn't be considered nasty, just "practice girls" Urybody needs a practice girl.

son I took one quick look at her picture and can tell she is pure trash. how much you wanna bet she lives in a box on wheels (aka trailer)?

[z0sa]

:vomit:

[Kermit]

son I took one quick look at her picture and can tell she is pure trash. how much you wanna bet she lives in a box on wheels (aka trailer)?

She live in Miss. son. Of course she lives in a trailer.

[SpursWoman]

Do people really give a fuck about the Prom?

My gf and I didn't attend, we proceeded directly to the house party to get fucked up. Probably half of our friends did the same thing. When her parents asked why we didn't get any pictures done, we told em' that the line was too long and that we'd rather save the money anyway. (Which we spent on beer and bud for said house party)

My date (a male friend) and I got loaded in the parking lot, went in, took the picture (you can tell we were wasted :drunk) so my mom would know we actually went there after she spent so much money on my dress. We danced one dance and split ... went back to party at a friend's house, where my boyfriend at the time was waiting. :nerd :lol

[Trainwreck2100]

My date (a male friend) and I got loaded in the parking lot, went in, took the picture (you can tell we were wasted :drunk) so my mom would know we actually went there after she spent so much money on my dress. We danced one dance and split ... went back to party at a friend's house, where my boyfriend at the time was waiting. :nerd :lol

Yeah well unless your boyfriend at the time had a vagina that story doesn't belong in this thread:nope

[SpursWoman]

Yeah well unless your boyfriend at the time had a vagina that story doesn't belong in this thread:nope

Does you being in it mean that you finally got to see a vagina up close, in real life? Congratulations! :spin

[Trainwreck2100]

Does you being in it mean that you finally got to see a vagina up close, in real life? Congratulations! :spin

no it means i've seen a fat attention whore up close which isn't hard cause you can use those adjectives to describe 90% of women in this town

[dirk4mvp]

what's funny is someone from texas making trailer jokes :rollin

[Trainwreck2100]

sons brhonet was making the trailer joke, he no from Texas

[CuckingFunt]

Urybody needs a practice girl.

You would know.

[dirk4mvp]

sons brhonet was making the trailer joke, he no from Texas

Lilweezyana certainly wouldn't be any better.

[Trainwreck2100]

You would know.

and you wouldn't

[mookie2001]

Another chance for schools to pull a "you ruined it for everybody", the basis of educational discipline


What I don't understand is, prom is just a party?

If you want to dress up 4 times a week and dance go ahead, this isn't Argentina

[Sportcamper]

Nothing wrong with fat chicks...

LMAO@ Iron Mexican...

[to21]

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100311/capt.769eb972f46c47d6b65af8f6b81b594a.lesbian_prom _date_msrs601.jpg?x=213&y=273&xc=1&yc=1&wc=320&hc=410&q=85&sig=1Uc.rUf_sQXt22edDt5OvA--

[Trainwreck2100]

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100311/capt.769eb972f46c47d6b65af8f6b81b594a.lesbian_prom _date_msrs601.jpg?x=213&y=273&xc=1&yc=1&wc=320&hc=410&q=85&sig=1Uc.rUf_sQXt22edDt5OvA--

welcome to like 2 hours ago

[sonic21]

At least we know who's wearing the pants in that relationship

[to21]

Settle down virgin....we filter pics at my job from smut sites you get on.

[Mark in Austin]

Lewis Black has a bit in Red, White, & Screwed that has some relevance. Might explain the concerns of the schoold district. :lol


3ANrvQC4wIk

[symple19]

My date (a male friend) and I got loaded in the parking lot, went in, took the picture (you can tell we were wasted :drunk) so my mom would know we actually went there after she spent so much money on my dress. We danced one dance and split ... went back to party at a friend's house, where my boyfriend at the time was waiting. :nerd :lol

LMAO at the dude that went with you to the dance, did he know what the situation was?

[Trainwreck2100]

Settle down virgin....we filter pics at my job from smut sites you get on.

yeah cause the miami herald is known for its smuttiness

[IronMexican]

They do have Dan Lebatard.

[Scola]

The first pic is very misleading, never trust face-only pics.

http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/constance-mcmillen.jpg

50/50 chance Id still hit it, in any case I wouldn't be proud afterward. :lol

As far as the school canceling the whole thing, that must suck for the people who really wanted to go. I personally think prom is overrated and didn't go to mine. I bet shes gonna be real popular at school after this...

[Trainwreck2100]

The first pic is very misleading, never trust face-only pics.

http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/constance-mcmillen.jpg

50/50 chance Id still hit it, in any case I wouldn't be proud afterward. :lol

As far as the school canceling the whole thing, that must suck for the people who really wanted to go. I personally think prom is overrated and didn't go to mine. I bet shes gonna be real popular at school after this...

i doubt she was very popular before

[to21]

yeah cause the miami herald is known for its smuttinessIt was filtered by our system because of some keyword that came out on the site. Point being if I had seen the fucking picture I wouldn't have posted it.

[Stringer_Bell]

All women, even fat women, have a figure that can be realized with a good diet and workout routine. This muff muncher has a decent face, and could probably have nice thighs under those layers of pancake.

All I'm saying is, back in middle school someone probably realized this potential, hump & dumped her - leading her to a life of lesbianism where she felt less of a threat from rejection. She should be allowed to take her skinny lipstick lesbian girlfriend to Prom, it's her right as an American.

[resistanze]

LOL @ the school actually going to the lengths to cancel the whole prom because of a fat lesbian. They're bigger attention whores than the girl could ever dream of being.

[Scola]

She should be allowed to take her skinny lipstick lesbian girlfriend to Prom, it's her right as an American.

What makes you think her gf would be hot lipstick lesbo, she probably looks the same.

[JamStone]

I'm sick of all these middle east terrorists causing problems in America.

Send them back to Africa.

[Stringer_Bell]

What makes you think her gf would be hot lipstick lesbo, she probably looks the same.

That's not the way lesbian couples work in High School. One is the dyke (in this case the tux lesbian) and one is a lipstick lesbo (the one in a dress. Unless I missed something, only one was wearing a tux, so by reason of deduction we can safely assume her girlfriend is gonna wear a dress and be noticeably more femine.

[JamStone]

I'm reminded of that 80s movie where a girl dresses up and pretends to be a boy, "Just One of the Guys." They're at some luau type party outside and she's dressed in a tux as a guy. And when she's trying to explain things to the guy she really likes... BAM!

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc11/joejam414/Signature%20pictures/tuxtit.png

[Stringer_Bell]

^ those are some big tits for a lady boy.

[JamStone]

Yeah... still can't top Phoebe Cates in Ridgemont High as far as 80s movies tits go, but more apropo to the thread.

[Stringer_Bell]

http://www.myspace.com/constanceleighann

That's the chick's myspace, and I assume that's her girlfriend who is (not surprisingly) skinnier than she is.

[JoeChalupa]

As a parent I wouldn't care. Let the darn prom continue.

[DJ Mbenga]

they should allow it but consider the music. if they bring in this guy as a live act, they wont have a chance to mess around in their tuxedos as wanabee men.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1aZLw_KBdqc/0.jpg

[Trainwreck2100]

update

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/23/mississippi.lesbians.prom/index.html?hpt=T2

Judge says "yeah you rights were violated, but no dyke prom for you"

[JoeChalupa]

I was a late bloomer so didn't go to the prom. Some may say I still haven't bloomed yet.

[Trainwreck2100]

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.

"We've heard there was another event out in the county," said Bennett, legal director for the Mississippi branch of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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"We're still trying to get more information," she said, citing a newspaper report last week in which one student was quoted as saying other parties were in the works.

The ACLU is representing McMillen in a lawsuit against the Itawamba County School District and Bennett said that at the very least the sparsely attended dance "will be brought to the court's attention."

In a statement, the ACLU said it was "looking further into whether it was a decoy or sham prom.

"It would be deeply troubling if that turns out to be the case since the fact that this prom was occurring was one reason the judge did not force the school district to reinstate its original event," the ACLU added. "All Constance has ever wanted was to be treated with equality and dignity and to be able to be herself, and this latest event, if it is as it appears to be, is a sad and unfortunate insult added to too many previous injuries.

A Facebook page set up by the ACLU said that "Constance tried to make the best of it and had a nice evening with the other students from her school who attended, but is of course disappointed that so few of her classmates were there."

District Superintendent Teresa McNeece did not immediately return a call or e-mail seeking comment.

As for McMillen, she went to classes Monday at Itawamba Agricultural High School, Bennett said.

OK was given Tuesday
Itawamba County School Board attorney Michele Floyd had said last Tuesday that McMillen, 18, could escort her girlfriend to the dance Friday at the Fulton Country Club.

That event was presumably set up to replace the prom the school district canceled rather than let McMillen wear a tuxedo and bring her girlfriend, who is also a student at Itawamba Agricultural High School.

A federal judge ruled earlier that the school district's actions violated McMillen's constitutional rights, but he didn't reinstate the school prom. He said he would hold a trial on the matter later.

School officials said in court that they decided to cancel the prom because McMillen's challenge to prom rules had caused disruptions.

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.

"The court finds this expression and communication falls squarely within the purview of the First Amendment," Davidson said.

The judge said a private prom would serve the same purpose as a school-sponsored one. He wrote that "requiring defendants to step back into a sponsorship role at this late date would only confuse and confound the community on the issue."

School was first asked in December
McMillen first approached school officials about bringing her girlfriend in December, and again in February. Same-sex prom dates had been banned in the past, but she had hoped school officials would grant her request.

"I thought maybe the policy had been in place for a different reason," McMillen testified at a court hearing. "I wanted to let them know how it made me feel. I felt like I couldn't go to the prom."

She was told two girls couldn't attend together and she wouldn't be allowed to wear a tuxedo, court documents show. The ACLU issued a demand letter in March and the district responded by canceling the event. McMillen, who lives with her grandmother and has a 3.8 grade point average, has kept her 16-year-old girlfriend out of the spotlight at the request of the girl's parents.

School district officials said they felt not hosting the prom was the best decision "after taking into consideration the education, safety and well being of our students." Superintendent McNeece said it was "a no-win situation."

The 715-student high school is in Fulton, a town of about 4,000 in rural, north Mississippi. The entire county school district has 3,588 students.

McMillen's case has become a cause celebre. The ACLU Facebook page for McMillen has more than 425,000 fans, and the teen has appeared on the "The Early Show," "The Wanda Sykes Show" and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" to talk about how she is fighting for tolerance.



clifs notes She got sent to a fake prom :lol only 7 people showed up to the fake prom besides the chicks. I feel bad for the 7 other geeks that weren't told about the real prom though. Seriously, who didnt see that shit coming

[Trainwreck2100]

Also if dis bitch spent half the energy on Prom and maybe used it at the gym there would be no problems

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

I was so glad this thread had fallen off the first page. Not because of the content or anything I just kept seeing the thread title as "Porn Cancelled Over Lesbians" which is perhaps the most ridiculous statement ever.

[Trainwreck2100]

I was so glad this thread had fallen off the first page. Not because of the content or anything I just kept seeing the thread title as "Porn Cancelled Over Lesbians" which is perhaps the most ridiculous statement ever.

I thought i was the only one who saw that

[Scola]

Why the fuck did she want to wear a tux?
Its one thing to be gay, but shes trying to shove it in everyone's face and make a huge deal about it. Why couldn't she just wear a dress? She wants to cross-dress to an event and expects everyone else to be fine with it? Shes a total attention whore.

[Trainwreck2100]

Why the fuck did she want to wear a tux?
Its one thing to be gay, but shes trying to shove it in everyone's face and make a huge deal about it. Why couldn't she just wear a dress? She wants to cross-dress to an event and expects everyone else to be fine with it? Shes a total attention whore.

she tried to sue a school to force them to have a prom of course she's an attention whore. Maybe she wouldn't have minded a dress if she practiced some cardio

[Sisk]

big girl

[Wild Cobra]

clifs notes She got sent to a fake prom :lol only 7 people showed up to the fake prom besides the chicks. I feel bad for the 7 other geeks that weren't told about the real prom though. Seriously, who didnt see that shit coming
My understanding is that she went to the real prom organized by the school, but that parents, not beholden by government or school interference, organized an alternate prom without inviting the lesbian couple.