Oh, the ACLU has it. It’s part of their lawsuit, which is being heard today in Federal court. I pray that justice is served for Constance and for anyone else in her shoes.
And I don’t know anyone who attends there: our local paper published that memo.
Here is another example showing that not everyone in the state is against the young lady:
Fear not - I’m sure the Westboro Baptist folk will make a special road trip just for the occasion.
Blacks are stupid and Mexicans are lazy, and women should be forced to bear a child a year until they die. I’m not too keen on the Jews either, so I think I should be able to beat them up for their wallets. I eagerly await you being super-tolernat and accepting of my views.
Well, since I think Blacks are stupid, clearly I don’t want them marrying any whites. But if they just “marry” each other and then swap houses to miscegenate, I guess I can’t prevent it.
You’d better watch out. The only thing we DON’T tolerate on this board is mis-spelling !!!
We don’t want them! Eww! Cooties! 
At least it wasn’t an “I don’t know how to spell that word” misspelling, but rather an “I didn’t notice that I’d transposed some letters” misspelling.
I have a feeling high school students in Mississippi will tend to be more homophobic than in most other states.
I’m inclined to agree. Children tend to take on the views and beliefs of their parents.
I find it hard to believe that even isolated Indian tribes deep in the Amazon basin aren’t burned-out on this gay/lesbian buzzkill.
Those darned gay people just ruin all our fun.
Makes the term “gay” kind of misleading, doesn’t it.
Despite their isolation they surely also have strongly held opinions about the degree of homophobia and backwardness in Mississippi.
There are those of us in Mississippi who are not homophobic: a lot more than you guys are giving us credit for. Things are changing here. Come down and see for yourselves.
The past is the past. Let the past die in peace.
You’re right, you’re not all homophobic. But the Bible Belt is very real and there is a higher concentration of Christian fundamentalism and the homophobia that typically accompanies it in the South than elsewhere in the United States. Thus I’d be inclined to agree that in a Southern high school there is likely a more concentrated element of homophobia- which is demonstrated by the school’s reaction to these two girls.
I wonder - in all seriousness - if there would be any way to measure that. Is there any reason why would you say Mississippi? Have you been here? Have you been to other states? (I mean, states other than your home state).
It is true that in the Bible Belt there tends to be more anti-gay sentiment. Fear, really, is what it is.
Another thing here … in the case of this particular school, I’m not sure if outsiders really understand how rural this place is. In the 2000 census, the entire population of the county was only 22,770 folks. I think we’re all aware that prograss comes more slowly to rural areas.
What, you mean this prom thing that happened two weeks ago? That past?
Yet another example of women ruining everything.
I kid the double X’s.
This had me in stitches.
Here’s something interesting - Baptists as a percentage of total residents, 2000.
