Lesbian Teen Sent to Fake PromFollow

So we've all heard about Constance McMillan and the GA school where they denied her and her girlfriend access to the prom and then canceled it when a judge ruled this wasn't constitutional. Well, apparently, a bunch of parents organized a prom for all the kids in school. Except that Constance, her girlfriend and their friends were all sent to a different venue.

http://sdgln.com/news/2010/04/05/constance-goes-prom-most-her-classmates-go-another-one

http://perezhilton.com/2010-04-05-disgusting-parent-organizers-send-constance-to-fake-prom

http://lezgetreal.com/?p=30558&cpage=1

http://yallpolitics.com/index.php/yp/post/22512/

It isn't yet clear what actually happened. But what seems to be the order of events is this:

-Judge rules that refusing her access was unconstitutional, but also refused to force the district to hold the prom provided Constance was invited to the one being set up by the district's parents (it seems the party they were hosting fell within the scope of the district, because they used school funds the students had raised and/or received the student info from the school).

-Parents set up the prom, but don't want Constance there. But they can't refuse her access without facing a lawsuit, so they "cancel" the prom.

-Another group of parents rents a hall where the kids can have their "prom"

-7 students plus Constance and her girlfriend show up. The rest of the school parties elsewhere at the prom that had been "canceled." And it has been suggested that school officials were directly involved in the ploy.

As of right now, it does seem that they violated the judge's mandate and will be subject to a lawsuit. He didn't stipulate that Constance also have a prom, but that she be invited to the* prom. I don't think the organizers, though disgusting, could be sued. But there could definitely be a case against the district if they in any way aided the formation of the "secret" prom--anything from student info to funds to providing chaperons.

What the fuck does that have to do with the issue at hand? I can't tell if you're trying to go "Oh well, it turned out ok for her in end" or going for some other idea.

I wonder if this thread will become another huge one with gbaji arguing it's "for the best because it's what the community wants and she went about it the wrong way in the first place and wearing a tux is not a right..." while the rest of us sigh and shake our heads.

Edited, Apr 5th 2010 3:32pm by LockeColeMA

Meh, all they have to do is say they didn't hold a prom, but had a party for all the kids who knew what was supposed to go where.

I'm totally suing Make-a-Wish for not offering to get my kid in to the locker room at a Giants game. They're discriminating against him just because he's healthy and I'm not a degenerate.

The judge disagrees with you.

Not yet, unless you have an updated link to the rest of the story.

Read the last paragraph of the op.

No one is telling them who to hang out with, but to exclude someone from a school function based on a trait you dislike is asinine. If it were acceptable, I would have succeded in my campaign to keep my own Prom ginger-free.

Interesting. Likening going to a movie with friends to a federally funded school event.

Not only are you a heartless *******, you're also a moron. Not that anyone is surprised by this, of course.

Do go on, gbaji, and tell us about how this prom should've only included male/female partners and no one else. It got you so far last time.

I honestly don't care who you do or do not deign to hang out with. That's not my business, nor is it anyone elses business. No one is telling you to include Bruce and his gay lover to your Memorial day cook out.

But when someone insists that a high school student who only wanted to spend her prom night with the person she is in a relationship with "got what she deserved" when she was sent to a fake prom, that's bastardy at it's finest.

What some of us seem to not be grasping here is that not inviting a person to your private exclusionary prom is not the same thing as lying to them.

You're having a private party and you don't want this girl there? Don't invite her. But inviting her to a nonexistent prom is a **** move.

I read it, and all I see is allusion to an opinion that the judge may be unhappy, nothing from the judge. Also, given the "" of prom at the alternate site the second group of parents rented out, I can't see how it would violate the judges order. Like I said, all they have to do is say, it was just a party alternative for people who didn't want to be forced to associate with someone with whom they didn't want to associate.

As to your assertion that no one is telling them who to hang out with, the judge would appear to disagree.

Telling the (federally funded) school that they have to invite the gay girl to her own prom and let her bring her own date is not the same as telling each individual student at the school taht they must hang out and socialize with the gay girl.