I have a question.
Why the hell even bring attention to it? If she had no axe to grind, why not just show up at the prom and bring anyone ya want? Unless they made a complete spectacle of themselves. I doubt they would even had been noticed. They sure as hell wouldn't have shut down the prom!
This was all intentional, in order for her to make statement!
I'm agree with you...this is the part I don't understand.
They could easily have gone in a group and it would probably not even have been noticed.
I wonder how the school even found out about it....or if it was a parent who found out first and asked the school what they were going to do about it.
It's a fine line for a school to tread regarding homosexuality. It is rapidly becoming a protected class just like race, and handicapped. We had this discussion in a CE class I was in last week regarding housing. I recognize that housing is different, but it most often regards federally guidelined loans (FHA and VA loans) in certain price ranges. Public schools receive federal funds and are subjected to many of the same guidlelines regarding discrimination.
I think there was probably a better way to handle this entire situation than shutting down the prom.
To many kids...their Senior Prom is the part of the reward for finishing school and except for graduation is the last big event for them to be with their fellow students. It's also a very expensive event for the kids. These days, prom dresses are quite expensive, and so are tux rentals. The kids rent limos and go out to dinner at nice restaurants. The girls hit the salons for hair, makeup, mani/pedi, tans. Many stores will not allow prom dressed to be returned.
Lots of money spreads out into the community during prom season. And here in the South...we are getting right into it in the next week or so. If you haven't seen/experienced the extravagance during prom season in the last 10 years or so, you don't realize what an incredibly expensive event it has become....and all very carefully orchestrated by the schools to keep the proms of nearby schools on separate nights so kids may attend several. (my son went to 3 his senior year....$$$$$$$)
This girl didn't just get her way....she's also created a sad situation for her fellow students and a hit to the local economy. She'll be lucky if no one beats her up.
Have to wonder what the "rest of the story" is...the part that is not being reported. Is the kid trying to make a statement, get back at her fellow students for some reason, or is someone else manipulating her for their own agenda?
