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Indiana High Schoolers Push to Ban Gay Classmates from ‘Traditional’ Prom

Kate M. said:
I completely agree with the action that the high school is taking. The high school proms are supposed to be clean cut, decent, and wholesome dances
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Goodness, gracious, things have changed since I went to a prom 40 years ago.

I seem to recall getting laid, but can't seem to recollect any of that clean-cut, wholesome stuff.
 
Kate M. said:
I completely agree with the action that the high school is taking. The high school proms are supposed to be clean cut, decent, and wholesome dances, not freak shows. If the students are complaining to the teachers and school board about this proposal, it shows that the 'couple or couples' involved obviously have zero respect or consideration for all of the other people around them, and are quite content showing their gay views. The students have had enough; and they are trying to put a stop to it.
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Before posting - try reading a few of the posts - that way you won't make a fool of yourself.

The high school is NOT taking any action. It is a church led minority from the high school and not an officially sanctioned group

So you think gay teenagers are a "freak show"?

Most of the students are fine with allowing gay couples at the high school prom.

Sullivan, Ind., officials and many residents scramble to distance themselves from group.

School officials and many residents of Sullivan, a city of about 4,200 near the Illinois border, have scrambled to distance themselves from the controversy caused by the group's plans and from some strong, antigay remarks made by one of its members.

Diana Medley, a group member who is a special-education teacher in another school district, said she believed being gay was a choice people make and that gays had no purpose in life.

"I just ... I don't understand it," Medley said, referring to whether homosexuals have a purpose in life. She was speaking to Terre Haute television station WTWO at a Sunday planning meeting for the antigay dance.
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David Springer (principal) said that Sullivan High's official prom was the only prom the school would support and that it didn't exclude anybody, including gay couples.

"I've been to eight grand marches and . . . we always had girls go out together, and a lot of times they just didn't have a date," Springer said. "Our prom is open to all of our students."

He said the school, which has 545 students in grades 9-12, has never banned same-sex pairs from attending the prom.

"I don't know how you can have a dance and exclude certain people," he said.
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Wayno said:
I disagree.

Adversity builds strength..........

The gay students should organize, have their own statewide prom, and get someone like Elton John to play there in support of them.

The problem with the liberal mindset is they always want to coddle and "protect" folks, instead of letting them grow and experience what is, after all, sometimes a cold and cruel world.

How you DEAL with that reality isn't to run to the nearest equivalent you can find to a "Momma."

You deal with adversity by learning how to overcome it.....
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I disagree. First there is no problem with liberals.

The bigots would win if they followed your suggestion.
 
Gardener said:
Goodness, gracious, things have changed since I went to a prom 40 years ago.

I seem to recall getting laid, but can't seem to recollect any of that clean-cut, wholesome stuff.
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I was to drunk too notice or remember anything. Wild Irish Rose is all I remember.
 
Deuce said:
In 1950 they would have replaced gay with black. Otherwise an identical post.
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I graduated HS in '89. We had open gays, no one cared.
 
ecofarm said:
Umm, this isn't 1950.
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Well, it ain't 1 million BC either ---- all thought there seems to be a growing number of people who think they are actually open minded and sophisticated when what they see themselves as is nothing more than just another mammal who exists by some freak of nature, and thinks their skin is to draw upon.
 
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LittleNipper said:
Well, it ain't 1 million BC either ---- all thought there seems to be a growing number of people who think they are actually open minded and sophisticated when what they see themselves as is nothing more than just another mammal who exists by some freak of nature, and thinks their skin is to draw upon.
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Holy ****ing threadnecro...
 
LittleNipper said:
Well, it ain't 1 million BC either ---- all thought there seems to be a growing number of people who think they are actually open minded and sophisticated when what they see themselves as is nothing more than just another mammal who exists by some freak of nature, and thinks their skin is to draw upon.
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Gipper said:
I think eventually we're going to come to a time where there are no more school-sponsored "proms", but small formal gatherings off-campus put together by certain groups of people.

It's just not worth the headache.
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i think proms are a farce anyway. Just a way to bleed parents and make kids that can't go feel bad.
 
Fiddytree said:
Perhaps they would like to add blacks to the list of "do not attend."

Look, not only is this absolutely maddening that you would put your district at risk for public ridicule by doing something that is quite discriminatory, but you completely risk mutiny and dismemberment of the student body.

Stomp this dissent movement down coldly and brutally. This shouldn't be tolerated, and the teacher ought to be punished.
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I knew some foreign exchange students who took each other to prom. They didn't know anybody well enough to get dates, so they all took each as friends. Three girls went in one group. They got their photos taken together, danced with each other, and went out to dinner together. They were dressed up really nice and carried flowers. I thought it was a great idea, and they had fun.
 
SheWolf said:
I knew some foreign exchange students who took each other to prom. They didn't know anybody well enough to get dates, so they all took each as friends. Three girls went in one group. They got their photos taken together, danced with each other, and went out to dinner together. They were dressed up really nice and carried flowers. I thought it was a great idea, and they had fun.
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I didn't go to prom, I don't regret it
 
LiberalAvenger said:
I was to drunk too notice or remember anything. Wild Irish Rose is all I remember.
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i didnt have too much money back then

for us, it was Boone's Farm....

god that stuff was rotgut....but back then, well i just didnt care
 
It's not much worse than kids with conservative views being silenced and/or 'shunned' by classmates and teachers in public high schools. And that is happening in many schools, not one. They don't even need to say anything controversial, just simply admitting a conservative worldview will do it.
 
SheWolf said:
It sounds like a small town, so I wonder how many students this is actually targeting... between one to four kids... that just seems wrong
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maybe they're only banning gay couples. in which case these kids could always attend singly or with friends. we don't know that they're banned outright.

incidentally, while may or may not agree with the position the school has taken, I absolutely support their right to exercise it.

besides, kids sometimes need to suck stuff up in high school ... who'd a thought. just like all those conservative kids finding themselves friendless. none (at least where I live) have yet caused a stink about it.
 
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