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Gay teen wins right to attend prom with boyfriend
An openly gay Missouri teenager has won the right to attend high school prom with his boyfriend after threatening legal action, the district superintendent said Friday.
Stacy Dawson, a 17-year-old senior at Scott County Central High School in Sikeston, Mo., had been told last year that he couldn't bring his boyfriend due to a line in the school's handbook that said "students will be permitted to invite one guest, girls invite boys and boys invite girls."
When Dawson questioned the policy, he was told by a school administrator that the school board would not consider revising it, according to The Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit civil rights organization representing Dawson. So on Thursday -- Valentine's Day -- Dawson had The Southern Poverty Law Center send a letter to Scott County Central High and the school district threatening legal action.
One day later, the district had good news for Dawson: They were removing the offending line from their handbook, and said the line was never meant to be exclusive in the first place.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/15/16975038-gay-teen-wins-right-to-attend-prom-with-boyfriend?lite
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Common sense seems to have left the building....
Jersey Devil
(9,874 posts)It is happening much too slowly but in the past decade I believe that the acceptance of equal rights has accelerated greatly. 10 years ago this never would have happened.
duhneece
(4,116 posts)Otherwise, we activists will get burned out. This is cause for celebration.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I hope they have a great time.
Sissyk
(12,665 posts)Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)good for them and him and his date. I liked the line saying it was never meant to be exclusive. But, the writers of it clearly meant it so, because of saying what each sex could bring. a good victory!