Lesbians, Tuxedos, Prom, Oh My!

Constance McMillen, wait for it, a lesbian (are you still sitting?), has caused quite the stir at her local high school in Fulton, Miss. Every blog and main stream news outlet, even folks on twitter have much to say about it! What’s the big deal? Well first of all, she’s a lesbian (did the earth just stop?) and secondly when the school told her she couldn’t bring her girlfriend to the prom, she went to the American Civil Liberties Union arguing discrimination. And when they cancelled the prom, she claimed retaliation from the school board.

Janet Shan, a blogger from The Hinterland Gazette, had much to say about the “Drama in Mississippi.”

“Aren’t there more important things the state of Mississippi should be focusing on?” said Shan, “The young lady should be allowed to take her significant other to the prom.”

The school district’s policy requires that senior prom dates be of the opposite sex, so decided to cancel the event “due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events.” The ACLU gave the school district until Wednesday to change that policy, stating their policy banning same-sex prom dates violated McMillen’s constitutional rights. What did Shan have to say about that?

“So, I am guessing, if two kissing cousins want to come to prom as a couple, that would be okay by the ACLU, right?” stated Shan, “Personally I would not vote in favor of gay marriage, but I do realize that people have no choice over who they love and I respect that…”

I may not agree with her views on gay marriage, as I am personally against stating it should only be a union between a man and a woman, but regardless, I do agree with this, “Mississippi is very slow to change…” said Shan, and “I give this young lady credit for being brave and true to herself.”