School Cuts Gay Student Photo from Yearbook
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"They didn't even put her name in it," Sturgis' mother Veronica Rodriguez said. "I was so furious when she told me about it. Ceara started crying and I told her to suck it up. Is that not pathetic for them to do that? Yet again, they have crapped on her and made her feel alienated."
Sturgis and her mother commissioned the Mississippi ACLU to protest officials' October 2009 decision not to allow Sturgis' photo to appear in the senior yearbook because she chose to wear a tuxedo instead of a dress.
The ACLU wrote an October letter demanding officials use Sturgis' submitted photo in the yearbook, but Copiah County School District officials refused. Rodriguez said she expected the yearbook to at least contain a reference to her daughter on the senior page. What she discovered on Friday, when the yearbook came in, was that the school had refused to acknowledge her entirely.
"It's like she's nobody there, even though she's gone to school there for 12 years," Rodriguez said. "They mentioned none of her accolades, even though she's one of the smartest students there with wonderful grades. They've got kids in the book that have been busted for drugs. There's even a picture of one of the seniors who dropped out of school.
"I don't get it. Ceara is a top student. Why would they do this to her?"....
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Ares
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Just include a picture of her holding a strap on, that way she can still get her message across. If wearing a tux just for the sake of being different is that important to her then she's a cunt.
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Ares
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donkeyfly69
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Ares:
maybe she would have felt uncomfortable (or looked really awkward) wearing that dress top thing they have you wear. i know i felt super uncomfortable and would have gladly wore the suit top.
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donkeyfly69
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Ares
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donkeyfly69:
Maybe if she took supplementary test and grew a beard they would let her wear the tux. It's that or the strap on, either way is fine by me.
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Ares
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ii386
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Wow they even included a picture of someone who dropped out and not her? So idiotic
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ii386
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treewolf39
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This is just wrong. Yearbooks are our life record. Teaching the youth intolerance is intolerable.
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treewolf39
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Xenzaka
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tolerance goes a long way
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Xenzaka
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freecrack
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Xenzaka:
as far as it goes it seems to stop at high school doors
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freecrack
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Kurta
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Jeez, when are people going to get over this gay thing?! I can't even imagine how i would feel. When will someone puts the screws to these schools and force them to join the rest of us in the 21st century? Hopefully, this girl grows up to be a great civil-rights lawyer.
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Kurta
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Naumadd
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Why would they do this to her? Because homophobes suffer from an immaturity that even twelve years in public school cannot cure.
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Naumadd
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jubal
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This school and the State of Mississippi are douchebags.
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jubal
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GodsnLiberals
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let her wear the tux and get this over with..i agree this is a bit overboard..
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GodsnLiberals
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shakes_head
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GodsnLiberals:
oh my god, i agree with you! we gotta check the temperature in hell.
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shakes_head
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freecrack
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home of the FREE land of the brave huh?
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freecrack
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Ares
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freecrack:
The line you're searching for is actually "land of the free, home of the brave."
Cheers.
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Ares
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masterzip
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2 societies
one who has power to discriminate
and the other that is discriminated against - 2 years ago
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masterzip
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timetide
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that poor girl. This is simply a slap in her face.
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timetide
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bombastinator
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I wonder if there were instances in the 50's where high schools refused to include black students in their yearbooks? If so it could make a nice tasty legal precedent. The school can apologize by paying for her college education with the lawsuit money.
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bombastinator
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DRudeBoy
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I was just about to post this : )
I hope they use this case as an opportunity to educate the public.
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DRudeBoy
