town sends kid to fake prom

[cundiff2001]

This kind of shi$ makes me wish I had my law degree already. I hope her parents and those that went to the "alternative" prom sue the H#LL out of the school board, principle and anyone else involved and legally responsible.

[loaslaen]

Just curious, IF the prom at the country club was indeed planned to take the place of the original prom and everybody was invited as stated, then why would the parents even plan a "private party" for the same students on the same night?

Usually the High School prom is a big deal and you wouldn't purposely plan another event on the same night at the same time because everybody would be attending their High School prom. This doesn't make a lick of sense to me.

My Google isn't working properly because I can't find anything that says everybody was invited to both proms. I also can't find anything that says Constance turned down the private party because they had a dress code as well. So if somebody could provide me with those links I would appreciate it.

When the school originally canceled the prom, I'm sure it upset alot of students. So the parents and other adults probably decided to have a privately sponsored party. When the case went to court, it came out that the community was organizing this, so the courts probably stated that the school wouldn't have to have one since the community was already organizing one and people had already put alot of time and effort into it.

Tickets were sold and fliers were put up all around school. Constance went to purchase tickets on a Monday, and found out that ticket sales deadline had been Saturday, so she raised cane about that. People probably talked to the people sponsoring it and they feared that Constance would sue, so they wanted to withdraw their sponsorship and cancel it. Then it was decided that a prom would be held at the Country Club for all.

After all of the chaos and confusion, it was probably a matter of not letting the students and community down and both proms were held. The prom is not about just Constance. It involved students, parents, and other community members. People had an obligation to others at each venue so maybe it wasn't fair to cancel one over another. It's not a matter over parents planning a "party" on the same night as the "prom". The prom got scheduled and canceled so much that people didn't know what to do and where to have it when there was so many people and places involved, and also a court order to follow and fear of a lawsuit. All of the kids are lucky they got any prom at all with all that was involved. The courts should have just demanded the SCHOOL have one and see where it went from there.

[whatsfree4me]

Tickets were sold and fliers were put up all around school. Constance went to purchase tickets on a Monday, and found out that ticket sales deadline had been Saturday, so she raised cane about that. People probably talked to the people sponsoring it and they feared that Constance would sue, so they wanted to withdraw their sponsorship and cancel it. Then it was decided that a prom would be held at the Country Club for all.

Are you talking about the original prom that the flyers were put up? If not than I would like to see where you found this info because this board is the only place I have seen this.

[justmama]

I think i posted a like to that, i'll see if i can find it.

[loaslaen]

Are you talking about the original prom that the flyers were put up? If not than I would like to see where you found this info because this board is the only place I have seen this.

Byrd said tickets had been available for two weeks at a local formal wear business, a fact advertised at the school with fliers and over the school PA system. McMillen showed up after the deadline Monday, she said.

Itawamba parents plan new private prom | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger

[momof2inohio]

Visaliatimesdelta - Prom up in the air for lesbian teen

This article says she received conflicting information about where to purchase a ticket.

[whatsfree4me]

So according to these articles, there was the original school prom that was cancelled several weeks ago, there was a private prom planned for Friday that was cancelled on Monday and there was a private party on Friday at the same place the one cancelled on Monday was to be held. So they got everything in place for a prom from Monday to Friday. Call me stupid but I don't believe that the private party was ever "cancelled" in the first place. They only said it was so Constance wouldn't show up.

If she really waited to buy the ticket until an hour after the sales, then she has some splaining to do

[CSchunk]

you so crazy

[Smee]

If they don't approve of her lifestyle (both students and parents) and they pretended not to, wouldn't that be hypocritical? It can't be accepting if down in your heart you're not feeling it. You can't change the way they feel about it just like you feel Constance can't change herself.

I think it's creepy for people to care so much about who is attracted to who. Don't want a girlfriend? Don't have one. You can't use the ol' "but she's puttin' everybody all up her in bidness by flaunting her gayness" excuse unless you believe that being seen in public with a husband and/or children is flaunting and forcing heterosexuality on everyone else. I don't want to think about people humping babies into existence any more than I want to think about a girl in a tuxedo. To be clear, neither matter to me and I don't spend time assessing whether or not it's worthy of my agreement or disagreement and whether my assessment means it should exist or not. Seems pretty arrogant to me.