"HK" wrote in message
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On 3/12/10 3:26 AM, Eisboch wrote:
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So, you're the one who gets to define normal? I don't think so.



As an attorney, I would think you would agree that the appropriate way to
have dealt with this situation would have been to petition the district
school committee to revise their policy *before* the prom was scheduled.

The policy in force requires dates to be of the opposite sex. Instead
of
creating a public media circus, the girl and her herd of ACLU lawyers
should
have sought to have the opposite sex policy changed or dropped.
If they had, the school sponsored prom would have gone on with probably
only
a few raised eyebrows.

I think the committee acted appropriately. They sought to avoid any
demonstrations or problems at a school sponsored event. They suggested
that perhaps a private organization sponsor the prom instead.

In a culture based on the rule of laws, it seems that now-a-days
adherence
to existing laws or rules is
optional.

Eisboch





In *most* cases, laws that are in existence only to discriminate based
upon race, gender, whatever, should be considered unConstitutional and
just plain ignored. It is not the state's business to determine who a teen
can or cannot take to a celebratory event like a prom. In Virginia not so
long ago, it was "illegal" for blacks and whites to marry each other. That
law was unConstitutional and mostly ignored up until the day it was tossed
in the trash.

Sometimes, when trying to get unjust, unConstitutional laws dumped, it is
necessary to create "a public media circus." There's nothing wrong with
demonstrations, especially if the demonstators are polite.

Of course, Mississippi has an colorful history in how it treats
demonstrators. It used to shoot them.




You are walking a fine line there, Harry. Who decides what laws or, in
this case policy, is unjust?
You are giving evidence to my point .... if you don't agree or like it ...
ignore it. Recognition of a
law becomes optional.

All your points about discriminate based upon race, gender, etc. are valid.
So, challenge them at
a school committee meeting or in court to have the policy changed. That
didn't happen in this case apparently, so the committee made the wise choice
of canceling the prom.