Cancelling prom over lesbians?

keeponrockin wrote:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/11/mississippi.prom.suit/index.html?hpt=T1

This is freaking disgusting. As an American I can't believe shit like this happens in "The Land of the Free". My favourite part is:

The decision was made, the board of education said, "taking into consideration the education, safety and well-being of our students."

Safety? Well Being? Education? Who is safer due to the fact that two girls can't go to prom together? What is learned by this? My prom last year was a blast! I can't believe it's taken away from students because people are uncomfortable with a lesbian couple.

I guess since the rednecks can't ban mixed-race couples from a prom anymore, they needed a new target.

How many times have you seen girls dancing with each other at proms, parties, clubs and even church-sponsored social events and no one thinks twice about such activities. In fact, most males think its hot, even it appears a little too much lesbian like.

Since, Mississippi currently has the highest teen pregnancy rate, seems like the School Board and other State officials should have more on their agenda then a lesbian going to a prom. A note to the parents who are concerned about exposure to a lesbian - The highest selling soft porn is Girls Gone Wild and most of these girls are not lesbians, so instead of parents worrying about a lesbian at a prom, they should be thinking about Spring Break.

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

yeah land of the free...unless you are gay, or black, or hispanic, or liberal, or poor, or do not speak english...

Yeah they are just SO oppressed.

justam wrote:

Godfather. wrote:

justam wrote:

I really think there's going to have to be a human rights movement led by heterosexuals for homosexuals before this wall gets broken down.

Homosexuals are still not given completely equal treatment in American society and it needs to change if we want to have a society where all adults are considered equal and valuable. :geek:

that will never happen,the human mind wont let it happen there are too many thing's to get in the way like the need for power,wealth and domonation, jut look at some of the people that post here or your friend who is never wrong and knows what is best for everybody. look back at history to the likes of Huey Long,Adolf Hitler and a lot of other people with the need to be better than or above everybody else.
wow sorry I got a little lost on that one, I did some reading on the human brain and (theory) what is it that makes men so violent, amazing stuff.

Godfather.

Godfather, I have to say your response to my post didn't make sense to me.

I think equality for same-sex couples is coming. It's the next stop on the equal rights train.

Think of it as a gradual journey. Slaves were freed. Women got to vote and work. Black Americans fought to ride anywhere on the bus...and of course I mean MORE than bus riding (!) (I'm just being goofy with words.)

I think same-sex couples are the next group that needs to be unchained from their status as lower-than, less-than, not-as-privileged-as everyone else, don't you?

Can't you see the picture? Can't you see the gradual path? :geek:

there is a rally in solidarity for equal marriage rights same sex marriage in sydney this saturday .

Godfather. wrote:

Justam I agree with you, and yes I see the picture developing, it's just not what I would agree with in my life
(the gay thing). sorry I ran off on a tangent with the human mind,while I don't agree with gay and lesbian
life styles it's not my place to judge them or tell them they're wrong.

Godfather.

It's about fairness!!

If people are born this way, it's NOT A CHOICE for them. They like who they like. In the same way that you may prefer women or I prefer men. To make it difficult or "wrong" for them to be with the same sex is unfair to the segment of the population that prefers their own sex.

And, it's an unfairness that is not based upon anything but the discomfort, distaste, and irrational fear that has been bred into people by religions and society. It's not that I'd want men trying to pursue my sons, (heaven forbid!!), it's that I think every adult should be allowed to pick the adult they want to marry without it being a problem or an issue for other people to interfere with.

It's also the kind of language that gay people have used for years.