Wednesday, July 28, 2010

School pays $35K to teen over same-sex prom date ban

A school district has agreed to pay over $35,000 to a teenager whose insistence on bringing a same-sex partner to her high school prom prompted the district to cancel the event. The district also agreed to follow a "non-discrimination" policy regarding teens who call themselves homosexual, a move the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called precedent-setting, reports Kathleen Gilbert, LifeSiteNews.com.

Constance McMillen has won acclaim from the homosexualist movement after suing the Itawamba County School District over the affair. The school had warned McMillen not to follow through with plans to dress in a tuxedo and bring a female partner to the dance; when McMillen insisted, the school cancelled the whole affair

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