A story on the incredible (as in, I can't believe actual people behave this way) conclusion to the story of Constance McMillen and Itawamba Agricultural High School's fight over whether Constance and her lesbian girlfriend could attend prom together:
http://www.salon.com/life/teenagers/index.html?story=/mwt/broadsheet/2010/04/06/constance_mcmillen_fake_prom
Long story short, there ended up being two proms: one was a "fake" prom with only a few students and the other was the "real" prom with everyone else. It is hard to imagine a crueler or more juvenile ending to this story. (What is there to make of the fact that two learning-disabled students were also at the "fake" prom? Did they not get the memo or were they excluded from "real" prom, too?)
Not the first to say this, but this seems like the sort of thing that happens in bad TV shows or movies about high school. Next time on Saved by the Bell ... Screech gets sent to fake prom! Just depressing to see kids and "adults" behave this way.
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