Georgia Governor Nathan Deal Won't Endorse Non-Segregated Prom

[onehandle]

Last edited Sat Apr 13, 2013, 08:31 AM - Edit history (1)

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal won't be endorsing one high school's effort to have its first integrated prom -- at least for the time being, his spokesman said.

In an email to WMAZ-TV, Deal's representative Brian Robinson said the governor would not respond to a progressive nonprofit group's calls to support students' efforts to organize the first integrated prom at Wilcox County High School.

"This is a leftist front group for the state Democratic Party and we're not going to lend a hand to their silly publicity stunt," Robinson wrote, according to WMAZ-TV.

Yet three Republican state representatives have joined four Democrats in endorsing the integrated prom, according to Better Georgia, the group that called for Deal to also support the idea.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/12/segregated-prom-georgia-governor-integrated_n_3072288.html

[GodlessBiker]

1. You mean integrated prom, right?

[onehandle]

3. Yeah. Oops. Fixed. nt

[jberryhill]

2. What kind of porn does he normally endorse?

[marmar]

4. Reaganesque dog whistle to the frothing-at-the-mouth racists.

nt

[MrScorpio]

5. Old ways die hard down in Dixie for some. nt

[spanone]

6. the ghost of george wallace...

[Hoyt]

7. Deal is a bigot, otherwise the yahoos would not have elected him.

He should invite John Lewis (and maybe Tyler Perry) and go to the prom. Instead, he puts out crud like that.

[Phillip McCleod]

8. omg the comments section under the article!

people actually defending this shit.. not many but there they are. at least none of them would make it five minutes on *this* site, which is why i comment here rather than there.

some morans are a lost cause.

[CurtEastPoint]

9. I love this comment: "Thanks for reminding me why I kept overlooking Georgia as place to relocate."

If the GOP doesn't think that their shenanigans and nasty old attitudes don't hurt everyone, think again.