Mississippi school sued for canceling prom over lesbian student - Good For Them!

Mississippi school sued for canceling prom over lesbian student - CNN.com: ""

The gist of the story is that an 18-year-old high school student wanted to wear a tux to her prom and bring her girlfriend as her date. Ok, not so bad and common in places like California. From the reaction, it probably isn't too common in Mississippi.

First, why did the girl in question go to the superintendent to ask permission to wear a tux and bring a same-sex date? Did she expect trouble? Did she want to cause trouble? I suspect both. If she wanted to do the same sex thing and didn't think it was such a big deal, she and her girlfriend would have just shown up. IF they weren't let in, or were kicked out, then she'd have a legitimate beef.

The superintendent told her that only males were to wear tuxes. Makes sense to me. I remember my proms had a dress code that required a tux for males and evening gown for females. She admits to being a female.

Then she pushed the same-sex issue and was told "you can be ejected if the other students complain". Which would also apply if someone was disturbing the prom in other manners, like making a scene. Which I believe this girl was fully intending to do. Her attitude is such that she likely was going to "get in their faces" with her lesbianism.

The self-inflicted battle continues... resulting in the school district being forced to take a stance one way or the other. They chose to specify male-female as being normal. (Guess what, it is.)

So then the girl gets the ACLU involved, I'm sure she'd already consulted with them on the proper order of things. (I AM a card carrying member of the ACLU, just FYI, though like any other group, I don't believe in nor support everything they do.)

Facing a battle they couldn't win no matter which way they turned, the district chose what I felt was the wisest option. Just cancel the whole prom. That would let the district get back to the job it was meant to do... educate the students. They'd let someone else be the target.

Nope, not good enough. With her moment in fame taken from her and the situation defused, she and the ACLU now fight the school as being unfair to the rest of the students.

Unfair? Equal treatment is what I call it. That is what the ACLU is supposed to be all about.

But no, this keeps the girl in the limelight, may make the other students look a bit kinder on her and wastes the time and money of the school district.

I say, keep the prom cancelled for this year and let the girl go stirring up trouble someplace else. Maybe someone will give her a one way ticket to California for a graduation present.