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March 12, 2010

Mississippi School Cancels Prom over Lesbian Student
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And in Mississippi, a county school board has canceled an upcoming high
school prom rather than allowing a lesbian student to bring her partner
as her date. Constance Mc Millen, an eighteen-year-old senior at
Itawamba Agricultural High School, has challenged a school policy
barring her from bringing her girlfriend and also wearing a tuxedo to
her April 2nd prom. In canceling the prom, the school board urged the
community to hold a private prom not under its oversight. The American
Civil Liberties Union has asked the school board to reverse its decision
or face legal action. Upon hearing the news, Mc Millen said, “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.”



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