Today’s Lady News: Alabama Principal Bans Lesbian Couple From Attending Prom
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5:40PM, Wednesday November 11th 2009
- Cynthia Stewart, a 17-year-old junior in Alabama, event planner on the prom committee and out lesbian, allegedly asked her high school principal if she could bring her girlfriend as her date and was told no. When Stewart’s aunt/guardian appealed the principal’s decision to the school board, they let it stand. Happy prom, kids! [Feministing]
- For the first time ever, the Mormon church has announced support for gay rights legislation by speaking up for Salt Lake City laws which would ban discrimination against gays in housing and employment. The church still says it doesn’t support gay marriage, though. [CBSNews.com]
- Scott Roeder, the man who confessed to murdering late-term abortion doctor Dr. George Tiller last May, told the Associated Press he did so because it was necessary to save lives. But even his own lawyers don’t buy that excuse. Steve Osburn, Roeder’s public defender, admitted the law has no such thing as a “necessity defense.” [AP]
- Los Angeles police are on the hunt for Miguel Herrera, who allegedly got pissed off at his girlfriend on Halloween night so he raped her, punched her in the face, whipped her with an electrical cord and poured battery acid on her face. Jeez. [L.A. Times]
- “Rosies,” named for Rosie The Riveter, who symbolized women who contributed to the war effort in WWII, celebrated Veterans Day along with all the nation’s military veterans today. [New York Times]
INTERNATIONAL
- Remember Neda, the young Iranian woman who died earlier this year and became an icon of Iran‘s oppressive regime? The Iranian embassy in London has criticized a philosophy scholarship set up in her honor at Oxford, calling it “politically motivated.” [CNN]
- Michael Roston, a blogger at True/Slant, wonders if everyone who’s working on Afghanistan’s military strategy is actually an old white dude. [True/Slant]
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equnsuocha
wrote on November 11 2009 @ 05:52 pm: [report]
Maybe true Mormons are finally tired of being painted with the same retarded LDS brush as the people who went out of there way to trick the public into voting for something they really didnt want and repressing a portion of our citizens?
SaraPhilly
wrote on November 11 2009 @ 06:01 pm: [report]
As a feminist who was born and raised in sweet home Alabama, I feel such sadness for Cynthia and anger towards my conservative southern upbringing. I sincerely hope that Cynthia doesn’t give up this fight. While state and national policies against discrimination are absolutely critical, it’s these smaller more personal struggles where hearts and minds can be radically changed. Stay strong Cynthia and keep up the fight. We southern supporters are behind you.
ScuttleButt
wrote on November 11 2009 @ 09:45 pm: [report]
On November 10, 2009, the ACLU demanded that school officials let Cynthia bring her girlfriend to the prom and refrain from further violating her First Amendment rights.
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on November 11 2009 @ 10:10 pm: [report]
Actually about the prom…they will cancel it if she shows up with her girlfriend I read.
spatula
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 08:53 am: [report]
Wow, go Mormons (NEVER thought I’d say that)
MuchoMacho
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 09:27 am: [report]
didnt groups of girls or even pairs of girls go to prom together at all of our schools? how is this different?
abbylyn
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 11:07 am: [report]
Why did she even ask the principal if she could bring her girlfriend as a date?
SueSue
wrote on November 12 2009 @ 03:08 pm: [report]
Exactly Abbylyn - why the hell would you ask the principal if you could bring your girlfriend - I’m sure she had an idea that he/she would say no - and now it’s an issue until the day comes.