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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPrincipal says gay student can't wear tuxedo to prom
MONROE, La. (AP) A gay student in Louisiana says she is going to skip her prom because the school principal won't let her wear a tuxedo.
Claudettia Love, a senior and one of the top students at Carroll High in Monroe, said she was planning on going to the prom with a group of friends, but now they are staying away.
"I told my mom, 'They're using me. They put me in all these honors and advanced placement classes so I can take all of these tests and get good grades and better the school, but when it's time for me to celebrate the fact that I've accomplished what I need to accomplish and I'm about to graduate, they don't want to let me do it, the way I want to,'" she told The News-Star
The decision is part of the school's dress code and not anything personal, principal Patrick Taylor told The News-Star.
"Banning her from her prom just because of what she wants to wear that's discrimination," he said. "As far as I know there is no Monroe City School Board policy saying what someone has to wear to attend the prom. You can't just go making up policies."
Claudettia Love, a senior and one of the top students at Carroll High in Monroe, said she was planning on going to the prom with a group of friends, but now they are staying away.
"I told my mom, 'They're using me. They put me in all these honors and advanced placement classes so I can take all of these tests and get good grades and better the school, but when it's time for me to celebrate the fact that I've accomplished what I need to accomplish and I'm about to graduate, they don't want to let me do it, the way I want to,'" she told The News-Star
The decision is part of the school's dress code and not anything personal, principal Patrick Taylor told The News-Star.
"Banning her from her prom just because of what she wants to wear that's discrimination," he said. "As far as I know there is no Monroe City School Board policy saying what someone has to wear to attend the prom. You can't just go making up policies."
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Principal says gay student can't wear tuxedo to prom (Original Post)
davidn3600
Apr 2015
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LiberalFighter
(51,084 posts)1. The principal should be neutered.
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)2. I don't understand why
anybody would care.
wheniwasincongress
(1,307 posts)3. Go in wearing
dresses with suits underneath. Once in, remove dress! (and give the dresses to boys who will slip them on over their clothes) Mission accomplished!
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)4. Good ol' teen rebellion!