In The Spirit of Equilibrium

and also...I confess...partially to remove that hideous photo from No.1 position, I'd like to post this article I just came across:

http://www.macon.com/2010/03/23/1069261/bleckley-school-officials-allowing.html

You may remember that a couple of week ago I posted an article about a Mississippi school board that had cancelled a senior prom, they'd cancelled it because a lesbian student had requested that she be able to take her girlfriend as her date.

#167 Dad quite rightly highlighted the fact that this shouldn't be taken as a stereotype for the whole of the US, or even as a stereotype for all of the more conservative US states. This article proves that point.

Derrick Martin has been given permission to attend his senior prom with his boyfriend as his date. He lives in Georgia conservative Republican state, and in a town comprising of roughly 5200 residents.

Initially he was turned down by the principal of Bleckley County School, but after deliberation it was decided that there was nothing against it in the rules, and as such they could not say no.

If this can be achieved in these circumstances then there's hope for Mississippi yet....right??!

Huzzah

Homophobia makes me haz an angry

"A school board in the US state of Mississippi has cancelled a high school prom after a female student asked to attend with her girlfriend."

You can read the full story here.

Apart from the blatant homophobic discrimination, the part of the story that got to me the worst is a quote from the lady in question:

"A bunch of kids at school are really going to hate me for this"

Yes they probably will. The sad truth is that lots of her fellow students will be more upset and angry about not being able to go to their highschool prom than the fact that their school, state and much of their country is suppressing basic human rights.

Gah!