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

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A group of students, parents and at least one teacher at Sullivan High School in Sullivan, Ind. have banded together to push for a “traditional” prom that would prohibit their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered classmates from attending.

The group met on Sunday at the town’s First Christian Church to discuss the possibility of holding a segregated dance. “We believe what the Bible says, it says the Bible says it is wrong,” Sullivan High School student Bonnie McCammon told a local NBC affiliate. ”We love the homosexuals, but we do not condone what they’re doing.”

According to NBC 2, one member of the group is the school’s special education teacher, Diana Medley, who told the NBC station, “I believe [homosexuality] is a choice. I don’t believe they were born that way. I think that life circumstances made them that way.” She says she works with students who come out to her and cares about them, even though she doesn’t “agree with them.”
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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.
 
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, 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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My favorite line from the teacher...

Asked if she thought gays also "have a purpose in life," Medley responded, "No, I honestly don't. Sorry, but I don't."
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Students, Teacher at Indiana High School Demand 'Traditional Prom' Without Gay Kids

That is some good stuff.
 
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I don't care if they have a traditional alternative segregated whatever they want to call it prom just so long as it is off campus and not the official prom.
 
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.
 
Fisher said:
I don't care if they have a traditional alternative segregated whatever they want to call it prom just so long as it is off campus and not the official prom.
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You don't want to encourage it. If the public does it, the public does it. The school should stand firm against that attempt to divide the student body.
 
Fiddytree said:
You don't want to encourage it. If the public does it, the public does it. The school should stand firm against that attempt to divide the student body.
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The official prom should be open to all students in good standing. If people want to have private proms, I defend their right to do it whether it is the all black, all gay, all white, all Nazi, all Hispanic, all virgins, all sluts private proms.
 
Fisher said:
The official prom should be open to all students in good standing. If people want to have private proms, I defend their right to do it whether it is the all black, all gay, all white, all Nazi, all Hispanic, all virgins, all sluts private proms.
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I agree with this. Its still stupid though.

Edit: To clarify I meant hosting a separate prom for the sole purpose of not including gay people is stupid not your post.
 
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Banning homosexuals teens from a prom in a state school should be illegal.
 
Fisher said:
The official prom should be open to all students in good standing. If people want to have private proms, I defend their right to do it whether it is the all black, all gay, all white, all Nazi, all Hispanic, all virgins, all sluts private proms.
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They are free to do so. I just prefer we place slight pressure on them to see the error in their ways, so as to not unnecessarily divide the school's community.
 
Nice to see Klandiana hasn't made any progress.
 
Fiddytree said:
They are free to do so. I just prefer we place slight pressure on them to see the error in their ways, so as to not unnecessarily divide the school's community.
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LOL. Perhaps your high school was the one or 2 in the history of the earth that did not have cliques, but I do not recall ever attending a school, public or private, that had a cohesive "community" by any stretch of the imagination.
 
Fisher said:
LOL. Perhaps your high school was the one or 2 in the history of the earth that did not have cliques, but I do not recall ever attending a school, public or private, that had a cohesive "community" by any stretch of the imagination.
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We had cliques. Cliques are different in comparison to actual fractures that can harm an institution. This is one of those moments.
 
It amazes me how liberals always support "Democracy" and "The Will of the People," just as long as they agree with what "the people" decide.

When they DON'T, suddenly they reject the whole idea........

These students have a right to do what they like as far as the only prom they're ever going to have....
 
Wayno said:
It amazes me how liberals always support "Democracy" and "The Will of the People," just as long as they agree with what "the people" decide.

When they DON'T, suddenly they reject the whole idea........

These students have a right to do what they like as far as the only prom they're ever going to have....
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I'm not much of a liberal. I am far more authoritarian and far less tolerant of such behavior.

Perhaps you could explain why it makes any sense to ask the administration to restrict access to a public building to homosexuals?
 
Just so terribly sad, and offensive. The teacher needs to be fired, and the prom should be open to everybody.
 
Wayno said:
It amazes me how liberals always support "Democracy" and "The Will of the People," just as long as they agree with what "the people" decide.

When they DON'T, suddenly they reject the whole idea........

These students have a right to do what they like as far as the only prom they're ever going to have....
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You do not have the right to discriminate against other students based on their sexuality. How would you react if they wanted to ban black people from their prom?
 
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Your Star said:
Just so terribly sad, and offensive. The teacher needs to be fired, and the prom should be open to everybody.
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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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You do not have the right to discriminate against other students based on their sexuality. How would you react if they wanted to ban black people from their prom?
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I'd have an all black prom, and get Beyonce to perform.......
 
Fiddytree said:
We had cliques. Cliques are different in comparison to actual fractures that can harm an institution. This is one of those moments.
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I think you are being a tad bit dramatic. Most students probably won't go to the prom regardless if it is a typical sized high school and half the folks who do are only there with the hope they are going to be getting a little something something afterwards.
 
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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Please, they fought for their rights already and won it. They only need the law to be exercised. Or have you become so influenced by anarchy, that you want each instance to be fought once more.
 
Fisher said:
I think you are being a tad bit dramatic. Most students probably won't go to the prom regardless if it is a typical sized high school and half the folks who do are only there with the hope they are going to be getting a little something something afterwards.
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I'm not being dramatic. It's an important function of the school and as a result, part of cornerstone to civil liberty legislation for the past century. These matters have consequences, regardless. Then consider the students who have to live with that episode and how it divides them. It's immensely consequential from a legal standpoint, an administrative standpoint, a community standpoint, and an individual standpoint.
 
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