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Dance Discrimination? High School Student's Date Raises Eyebrows
Kristy Steeves
LOUISVILLE, Ohio - Louisville High School is holding its annual senior prom this Saturday. One student was told he couldn't go because his date was of the same sex.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio got involved and sent a letter to the school saying the student's rights have been violated.
Carrie Davis, a staff attorney at the ACLU, told FOX 8: "There have been a number of cases where this has happened before and the courts have said that a student has to be allowed to bring the date of their choice to their prom, that that's protected under the first amendment right to free association and freedom of expression."
Louisville School Superintendent David Redd said the issue wasn't just about same sex. There was also an age issue. The student had invited a 20-year-old friend who's in college.
After getting the ACLU's letter, the district changed its policy, allowing the student to attend the prom with his friend.
FOX 8 asked people what they think of the district's initial decision to ban that student from the dance.
Joe Frank, a Louisville resident, said "I think the school's in the wrong for doing that because it's the student's right and what they believe in and what they are."
Shari Pandrea, also a Louisville resident, told FOX 8: "I think the kids should have a right to bring whoever they want. It is their senior year. I don't think that they should be able to tell them who they can bring and who they can't bring."
Davis says there's a message here: "By speaking out this student helped not only himself but other students around Ohio who may face the same problem to know it's okay to stand up for your rights."
Courts across the country have also held that schools have to recognize gay student organizations just like any other organization.LIVE VIDEO: Fox 8 News at 10 p.m.
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From http://gaycenter.org/out On February 3, 2009 busloads of activists organized by Marriage Equality New York, Join the Impact and other groups headed to Albany to ask our New York State senators and assembly members if they will support marriage equality for same sex couples in the empire state. This is what happened when they visited Senator George Onorato who represents the 12th district in Queens. Do you know how your senator or assembly member stands on the issue of your civil right to marry. Contact them to find out: http://www.senate.state.ny.us/ http://assembly.state.ny.us/From http://gaycenter.org/out On February 3, 2009 busloads of activists organized by... more
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So an interesting precedent has been set in what I once thought was a free country--the majority can take away the rights of the minority, regardless of the fact that they have no valid reason to. The Constitution and Bill of Rights just don't apply!
Well, there's so many couples that don't have sex, because they're prudish bastards with no lives who hate eachother and don't actually produce children together because they're too busy cheating on eachother. Then pretend the kid is theirs. And go beat up a gay person to let their frustration out. Because that's all that matters. Children is the sole reason for having marriages.
That's a reason to take the rights away from any couples that don't have sex, right?
Bah! You and your logic, trying to outwit me. I don't need a reason if I'm in the majority.
I'm sure these people in sexless marriages who get their rights taken away won't mind. I mean, they're totally cool with it, since they did it themselves when they voted for Prop 8, right?
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In all seriousness, who's with me on getting a Proposition on the ballot to remove the right of every single person who voted for Prop 8 to marry, as a protest?
It's amazing that if this were done to them the violence would be astounding. It's amazing they really think the opinion of the majority--a slim majority even--can override the Bill of Rights and Constitution, and strip rights from a minority.
Watch. Some outraged idiot will go, "but you can't do that".
Uh, well if I'm in the majority (which of course I'm not, but imagine if I were), yes, I could. Thanks to people like you, who voted Yes on Prop 8 while taking a huge, steaming dump on the Constitution and Bill of Rights. So don't even begin to complain if anyone ever does the same to you.So an interesting precedent has been set in what I once thought was a free... more
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Let me start by saying that I am humbled by the events of this evening and I could not think of a more fitting scenario in order to make my first post here on the White Rabbit Cult. I am so proud of my country to be able to see through the bigotry and petty lies that have been a constant smear across our television screens this election season and elect the man that truly is the best choice to lead our country out of the narrow-minded past and slingshot it into the open-minded future. This country was hungry for change and their plates shall runneth over. This is a pivotal election that has the potential to change our country for the rest of history.
That being said, I can’t get over the sickening feeling in my stomach that is hindering me from fully enjoying this miraculous event. I am a resident of the state of Arizona, and while I may not like the idea that I am in the minority in this state, I have always accepted it as a simple difference of opinion. I am someone who has always enjoyed political debate and conversations with people of both like and different minded opinions. However, while America as a whole took 1 giant step forward tonight, Arizona took two steps back. The first being the Yes vote on Prop 102 to ban same-sex marriage (more on that in my next post), and the second the nausea-inducing crowd at McCain’s consession speech. What I saw tonight during McCain’s concession speech struck me so deep into my gut that it was hard to get up after hearing it.
I am so ashamed that in the state that I so happily call my home, there were crowds so disrespectful to yell and boo while John McCain was trying to salvage the little honor and dignity he had left after his campaign dragged him through the mud. How despicable and disrespectful do you have to be to tarnish this amazing moment in history with your disgusting bigotry and hate? You people make me utterly sick to my stomach and anyone who reads this blog that may have been one of those aforementioned “hecklers”, for lack of a better word, please, I beg of you to send me your address so I can come and knock on your door and spit in your face to show you the disrespect that you have shown Barack Obama, the President Elect of the United States of America, and the millions of people who dared to dream and believe in hope in times of great peril.
Did you hear Obama’s crowd at the mention of McCain? They cheered. That is what decent people do. Unfortunately, I can no longer call my fellow Arizonans decent people because they just showed to the world that they do not deserve the label. I hope by tomorrow the joy will drown out the sadness, anger, and shame that I feel right now. Even through this all, I guess that’s the difference: I still have hope. Thank you, America. You have made the right choice. Good Night Everyone. Enjoy the new world you wake up to tomorrow.Let me start by saying that I am humbled by the events of this evening and I could not... more
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The national ballot results are in, and let me tell you--I am disgusted and ashamed of my fellow "Americans". Ballot measure after ballot measure, bigotry won by a narrow margin.
How dare anyone who voted against same-sex marriage call themselves Americans? Or those voting to keep same-sex couples from adopting children? How DARE you?
How dare you burn our Constitution and Bill of Rights, how dare you toss aside everything this country is supposed to stand for? Whatever happened to equality under the law? What deranged, hateful idea got into your heads that you had the right to control the personal relationships of others? Whether it be in the name of God, family, or tradition, the real reason was hate.
America is not a free country, it seems, and only half the country desires it to be free. The rest of you, it seems, would prefer an ultra-right wing country where "freedom" is only allowed for the Christian, conservative, traditional minority.
If marriage is not a right guaranteed to all consensual adults, who are engaged in legal relationships (remember, folks, homosexual relationships ARE legal!), then it is not a right for you, either. Supporters of the bans against gay marriage, I'm sure you would gladly give up your 'privelege' to be married, then? Until you've earned it as a group?
You bigoted, hateful people amaze me...
Do any of you faux Americans understand the company you keep, and the damage you have done?
Many of you whined and said that you weren't against gays, but you were for children and families. You used children for your hateful, bigoted politics. Any idea who else did this?
That's right, Adolf Hitler.
Adolf Hitler, too, claimed to want to "defend" marriage. He himself used children for his own political gains, and perhaps that's where the campaigners for these freedom-killing measures got their strategy: you can convince a population of anything, he said, by doing it in the name of the children. He brainwashed children into singing for his cause (sound familiar?) and used the cause of children and family as a cover for his policies.
Hitler, too, hated gays, though he took it a step further and killed thousands of them because they didn't fit into his narrow worldview. It was done in the name of family, children, and traditional "morals".
When 52% of the people get to tell the rest how to live their lives, you know freedom is dead. I only hope that someday, 52% of the people strip you of your rights to be married. You deserve it.
I truly hope there is a hell sometimes. The national ballot results are in, and let me tell you--I am disgusted and ashamed of... more
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