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There has been plenty of discussion on the "Mississippi school does the right thing" thread about this girl wanting to take her girlfriend to the prom, but there is another question that no one has discussed that is just as important.
http://www.usmessageboard.com/curre...-prom-due-to-lesbian-couple-attending-30.html
In the March 12, Chicago Redeye on page 12, top of the page, this situation goes into more detail with names and places.
The girls name is "Constance McMillen" and she is 18 years old.
She said she didn't want to go back to Itawamba Country Agricultural High School in Fulton the morning after the decision, but her FATHER told her she needed to face her classmates, teachers and school officials.
"My daddy told me that I needed to show them that I'm still proud of who I am. The fact that this will help people later on, that's what's helping me to go on."
She said the day after the school board ruling, she returned to campus to "unfriendly looks" and "Somebody said, 'Thanks for ruining my senior year.'"
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Compare that to the circumstances of former Republican Senate Nominee Alan Keyes.
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Maya Keyes (Alan Keyes' Daughter) Sets the Record Gay in Interview Exclusive
Alan Keyes' daughter: <br>I'm a 'liberal queer'
Maya (Keyes teenage daughter) announced that she was getting kicked out of her house by her parents on her weblog a couple weeks ago.
She had resigned to being homeless and putting off her dream of attending college when her parents determined they would withhold all forms of support due to behaviors they described as hedonism and supporting the enemy.
Quote from Alan Keyes:
"The essence of ... family life remains procreation," he explained. "If we embrace homosexuality as a proper basis for marriage, we are saying that it's possible to have a marriage state that in principle excludes procreation and is based simply on the premise of selfish hedonism."
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Obviously Keyes believes it's a "choice". So many questions:
Did Keyes himself ever have to "choose"?
"Breeding" is the "only" reason for marriage? (Not all straights have children - are they also hedonists?)
Who is the better father? The one who teaches his daughter a "lesson", no matter how painful, no matter what the cost, even if the cost tears up the family?"
or
The father who accepts his daughter and supports her to the point of not letting her back down from who she is?
Which is more "Christian"?
Which is more "Family Values"?
Can "Christian values" and "Family values" be at odds?
So many questions.
http://www.usmessageboard.com/curre...-prom-due-to-lesbian-couple-attending-30.html
In the March 12, Chicago Redeye on page 12, top of the page, this situation goes into more detail with names and places.
The girls name is "Constance McMillen" and she is 18 years old.
She said she didn't want to go back to Itawamba Country Agricultural High School in Fulton the morning after the decision, but her FATHER told her she needed to face her classmates, teachers and school officials.
"My daddy told me that I needed to show them that I'm still proud of who I am. The fact that this will help people later on, that's what's helping me to go on."
She said the day after the school board ruling, she returned to campus to "unfriendly looks" and "Somebody said, 'Thanks for ruining my senior year.'"
-----------------------------------------------
Compare that to the circumstances of former Republican Senate Nominee Alan Keyes.
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Maya Keyes (Alan Keyes' Daughter) Sets the Record Gay in Interview Exclusive
Alan Keyes' daughter: <br>I'm a 'liberal queer'
Maya (Keyes teenage daughter) announced that she was getting kicked out of her house by her parents on her weblog a couple weeks ago.
She had resigned to being homeless and putting off her dream of attending college when her parents determined they would withhold all forms of support due to behaviors they described as hedonism and supporting the enemy.
Quote from Alan Keyes:
"The essence of ... family life remains procreation," he explained. "If we embrace homosexuality as a proper basis for marriage, we are saying that it's possible to have a marriage state that in principle excludes procreation and is based simply on the premise of selfish hedonism."
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Obviously Keyes believes it's a "choice". So many questions:
Did Keyes himself ever have to "choose"?
"Breeding" is the "only" reason for marriage? (Not all straights have children - are they also hedonists?)
Who is the better father? The one who teaches his daughter a "lesson", no matter how painful, no matter what the cost, even if the cost tears up the family?"
or
The father who accepts his daughter and supports her to the point of not letting her back down from who she is?
Which is more "Christian"?
Which is more "Family Values"?
Can "Christian values" and "Family values" be at odds?
So many questions.