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March 24, 2010

Judge: Miss. School Board Violated Rights of Lesbian Teen in Prom Denial
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A federal judge has ruled a lesbian Mississippi high school student’s
constitutional rights were violated when she was barred from bringing
her girlfriend to her prom. Constance Mc Millen, an eighteen-year-old
senior at Itawamba Agricultural High School, has challenged a school
policy preventing her from bringing her girlfriend as her date and also
wearing a tuxedo. The school ended up canceling the prom rather than
face the possibility that Mc Millen would prevail. The court’s decision
won’t come in time to revive the canceled prom, but it means the case
will go to trial. A group of parents at Mc Millen’s school have
organized a private prom but have also barred her attendance.



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