Is this legal...I caught this on yahoo,,

[bluemann33]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_lesbian_prom_date

i caught this on yahoo this morning and didnt know if this was legal for the school to do this?

 

[army judge]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_lesbian_prom_date

i caught this on yahoo this morning and didnt know if this was legal for the school to do this?

Yes, the school district is under no obligation to provide a prom.

The law only requires them to provide a free and appropriate public education with equal access to that education for all students!

Students and their parents could hold their own prom on private property.

 

[cbg]

Also, in Mississippi, sexual orientation is not a protected characteristic.

It's wrong, on many, many levels. But yes, it is legal.

 

[jharris352]

Now they are suing the school trying to force a prom. That's not going to happen either I don't think.

 

[bluemann33]

There are alot of upset people over this. I wonder how long it will take the school to surrender?

 

[army judge]

Those people are in Mississippi.
They were one of the last states to surrender their Jim Crow practices.
Their governor blocked university access to blacks.
I don't see them giving in over this.
not without a fight, anyway!