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Earlier we told you about the dramatic removal of two students by police when they tried to attend a school dance; now that school is changing its policy...
Posted by spatula on Dec. 05, 2003 08:23 UTC
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In an earlier story we told you about the dramatic removal of Amanda Blair and her same-sex date for the dance by police because of a school policy forbidding dates of the same sex. Blair isn't a lesbian but said she took a same-sex date out of support for GLBT youth.

I'm pleased to report that after Blair enlisted the support of the ACLU, Big Piney high school has changed its policy and no longer forbids taking dates of the same sex to school functions.

Blair's mother said that she still wants the school district to adopt a written policy explicitly stating that dates of the same sex are permitted. She also has said that the district has failed to apologize for their bad behaviour.

---Nick

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Posted by voxtemporalis on Dec. 05, 2003 08:33

That's amazing! I went to a catholic highschool and therefore couldn't bring a same-sex date (being that it was big on their sin list and all) and I had no recourse due to the fact that it was a private school.

Random Guest: Ah, but catholics don't have a problem with homosexuals or homosexuality, they...

Posted by Peter from Chicago on Dec. 05, 2003 10:33

This is one of the biggest things that gives me hope for the future -- that this youg straight woman took it for granted that she had a responsibility to help people who might find it hard to take on the system themselves.

This young lady has a real future -- and it is one she is helping to make herself!

Lord_Nougat: Yes! She is indeed a small hero. I applaud her, and the many other young people...

Posted by Ranged Lunatic from The Okanagan, BC, Canada on Dec. 05, 2003 12:48

Why make this written policy? I'll bet there isn't a rule explicitly saying that het couples are allowed. They should just not have any rules about this at all, since it doesn't affect their teaching.

Lois Carmen De Nominator: I don't know if I've ever said this before but I agree with the lunatic. I...

Posted by adrian on Dec. 05, 2003 18:58

Thank God, for young people like Amanda Blair. I hope there are a lot more teenagers like her out there. If so, her generation is going to be exceptional.

adrian: Sorry, Nick and others...thanks to the higher power of your choice...

ChrisGranger: Heheh, or the absence of a higher power of your choice, as it were, for the...

Posted by Spishak from Jigoku on Dec. 05, 2003 21:51

Praise be to Gorthak! Y'know, people used to have "dates" with same-sex people all the time, they were called "friends". I know this girl was specifically making a stand for GBLT rights (which is cool), but she wasn't a lesbian herself. Guess it's now illegal for two people of the same gender to do anything with each other. Ban girls-only and boys-only schools! EVERYTHING must now be co-ed or people will think you're a homo!

(For anyone who can't tell, I can be very sarcastic. There are those with no sense of humor.)