Lesbian Teen Sent to Fake Prom
xerxes @ Tue Apr 06, 2010 5:05 pm
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Posted on Advocate.com April 05, 2010 02:27:29 PM
McMillen: I Was Sent to Fake Prom
Constance McMillen confirmed to The Advocate that she was sent to a "fake prom" while the rest of her class partied at a secret location at a parent-organized event.
By Neal Broverman
To avoid Constance McMillen bringing a female date to her prom, the teen was sent to a "fake prom" while the rest of her class partied at a secret location at an event organized by parents.
McMillen tells The Advocate that a parent-organized prom happened behind her back — she and her date were sent to a Friday night event at a country club in Fulton, Miss., that attracted only five other students. Her school principal and teachers served as chaperones, but clearly there wasn't much to keep an eye on.
"They had two proms and I was only invited to one of them," McMillen says. "The one that I went to had seven people there, and everyone went to the other one I wasn’t invited to."
Last week McMillen asked one of the students organizing the prom for details about the event, and was directed to the country club. "It hurts my feelings," McMillen says.
Two students with learning difficulties were among the seven people at the country club event, McMillen recalls. "They had the time of their lives," McMillen says. "That's the one good thing that come out of this, [these kids] didn't have to worry about people making fun of them [at their prom]."
In March, after the Itawamba County School District refused to allow McMillen to bring a female date to the prom, the district canceled the event altogether. McMillen and her lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union challenged that decision in court, and a judge ruled the district could not bar McMillen and her date.
The judge declined to force the school district to hold the prom because a parent-sponsored, private prom was being organized — and the understanding was that McMillen and her date were invited to that event. But Hampton says McMillen was never invited and organizers made it very difficult for her to find information on the time and location. That prom was later mysteriously canceled, with the Friday night event at the country club officially replacing it.
McMillen: I Was Sent to Fake Prom
Constance McMillen confirmed to The Advocate that she was sent to a "fake prom" while the rest of her class partied at a secret location at a parent-organized event.
By Neal Broverman
To avoid Constance McMillen bringing a female date to her prom, the teen was sent to a "fake prom" while the rest of her class partied at a secret location at an event organized by parents.
McMillen tells The Advocate that a parent-organized prom happened behind her back — she and her date were sent to a Friday night event at a country club in Fulton, Miss., that attracted only five other students. Her school principal and teachers served as chaperones, but clearly there wasn't much to keep an eye on.
"They had two proms and I was only invited to one of them," McMillen says. "The one that I went to had seven people there, and everyone went to the other one I wasn’t invited to."
Last week McMillen asked one of the students organizing the prom for details about the event, and was directed to the country club. "It hurts my feelings," McMillen says.
Two students with learning difficulties were among the seven people at the country club event, McMillen recalls. "They had the time of their lives," McMillen says. "That's the one good thing that come out of this, [these kids] didn't have to worry about people making fun of them [at their prom]."
In March, after the Itawamba County School District refused to allow McMillen to bring a female date to the prom, the district canceled the event altogether. McMillen and her lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union challenged that decision in court, and a judge ruled the district could not bar McMillen and her date.
The judge declined to force the school district to hold the prom because a parent-sponsored, private prom was being organized — and the understanding was that McMillen and her date were invited to that event. But Hampton says McMillen was never invited and organizers made it very difficult for her to find information on the time and location. That prom was later mysteriously canceled, with the Friday night event at the country club officially replacing it.
How unfortunate that this girl was born south of the Mason-Dixon Line and that she has to live in such a backward, shithole town as this that would pull such a dick move.
ManifestDestiny @ Tue Apr 06, 2010 5:39 pm
xerxes xerxes:
How unfortunate that this girl was born south of the Mason-Dixon Line and that she has to live in such a backward, shithole town as this that would pull such a dick move.
You know what the greatness of the USA is? She can move to a different part of the country, for example San Fransico. Where she could go ahead and take a monkey to prom.
I feel bad for the other 5 students.
canuckns @ Tue Apr 06, 2010 5:43 pm
WOW...thats just FUBAR! Backassward people
Proculation @ Tue Apr 06, 2010 5:47 pm
Sincerely, things like that could happen everywhere...
We have our lot of homophobes here too.
Freakinoldguy @ Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:02 pm
Proculation Proculation:
Sincerely, things like that could happen everywhere...
We have our lot of homophobes here too.
We have our lot of homophobes here too.
That's true but in all fairness, most of our homophobes don't have the intelligence or ingenuity to set up the bait and switch that these inbreds perpetrated on this young woman.
What a bunch of asswipes. Who gives a shit who or what she would have brought to the prom. Hell, most of the other kids were probably brining their freakin cousins anyway.
RUEZ @ Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:19 pm
It just goes to show you that not everyone has evolved.
xerxes @ Tue Apr 06, 2010 11:46 pm
ManifestDestiny ManifestDestiny:
xerxes xerxes:
How unfortunate that this girl was born south of the Mason-Dixon Line and that she has to live in such a backward, shithole town as this that would pull such a dick move.
You know what the greatness of the USA is? She can move to a different part of the country, for example San Fransico. Where she could go ahead and take a monkey to prom.
I feel bad for the other 5 students.
Oh, you mean the two special needs students who were also sent to the fake prom so they woudln't "disrupt the learning environment" of the other students?
kenmore @ Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:32 am
ManifestDestiny ManifestDestiny:
xerxes xerxes:
How unfortunate that this girl was born south of the Mason-Dixon Line and that she has to live in such a backward, shithole town as this that would pull such a dick move.
You know what the greatness of the USA is? She can move to a different part of the country, for example San Fransico. Where she could go ahead and take a monkey to prom.
I feel bad for the other 5 students.
Why should she have to move anywhere? The greatness of the US? shove that up your ass. This girl should not be ostracized, centred out because of who she is.
Its the back of the bus philosophy that was used against blacks in your beautiful America and now its being used against gay people. So much for the land of the free! If you ever figure it out that the American dream is a myth then you move!
Choban @ Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:37 am
Such bigotry should not be tolerated, all she wanted, like 1000's of other high school students is a prom to remember, now she has embarassment and ridicule, I'd be ashamed to be any of the people that set this up.
PostFactum @ Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:44 am
ManifestDestiny @ Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:04 am
kenmore kenmore:
Why should she have to move anywhere? The greatness of the US? shove that up your ass.
I will not shove anything up my ass. You might like that, I don't.
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This girl should not be ostracized, centred out because of who she is.
Its the back of the bus philosophy that was used against blacks in your beautiful America and now its being used against gay people.
Its the back of the bus philosophy that was used against blacks in your beautiful America and now its being used against gay people.
What if it was reversed? And students at the high school are members of the KKK wanted to go to prom with their good ole boys, and a large portion of the student body was black and they banned them from going? I am sure there would be no outrage on here. They would even say it was right to keep them out. Just look at how people felt on here about Terrblanche being hacked to death.
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So much for the land of the free! If you ever figure it out that the American dream is a myth then you move!
I did I had moved to Canada. I moved back here after I saw what your dream looked like.
andyt @ Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:13 am
Unfortunately, if the event was organized and paid for by the parents, there is nothing this girl can do. It was a private function and she wasn't invited.
2Cdo @ Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:19 am
andyt andyt:
Unfortunately, if the event was organized and paid for by the parents, there is nothing this girl can do. It was a private function and she wasn't invited.
That's the big thing here folks. It was organized by parents who didn't want to invite this girl. Other than feel betrayed by her own classmates, she doesn't have any real legal leg to stand on.
What I do find humourous on this thread is those that scream for tolerance and equality have labelled the parents as inbred, bigots, unevolved, cousin dating folks. I guess tolerance and equality go out the window when you disagree with someone.
andyt @ Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:23 am
2Cdo 2Cdo:
andyt andyt:
Unfortunately, if the event was organized and paid for by the parents, there is nothing this girl can do. It was a private function and she wasn't invited.
That's the big thing here folks. It was organized by parents who didn't want to invite this girl. Other than feel betrayed by her own classmates, she doesn't have any real legal leg to stand on.
What I do find humourous on this thread is those that scream for tolerance and equality have labelled the parents as inbred, bigots, unevolved, cousin dating folks. I guess tolerance and equality go out the window when you disagree with someone.
So you're saying that people here are intolerant because they won't tolerate the intolerance of the parents?
But yep, you can only do so much to try to change people. She fought the good fight and was outmaneuvered. Time to move on.
2Cdo @ Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:25 am
andyt andyt:
So you're saying that people here are intolerant because they won't tolerate the intolerance of the parents?
What I am saying is either one is tolerant or one isn't. Selective tolerance isn't tolerance.
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But yep, you can only do so much to try to change people. She fought the good fight and was outmaneuvered. Time to move on.
Agreed.