Hater Mom Elizabeth Johnson Tried To Stop The Prom Until A Church Said 'Oh Hell No'

Elizabeth Johnson calls herself “The Activist Mommy” because she hates The Gays and does everything she can to push her hate agenda.

Mommy? Not so much. But recently Johnson thought she had scored a victory over an LGBTQ prom after sending her Flying Monkeys to Jacksonville, Florida to shut down the party.

And to be fair, if fair is a word that can be used to describe a bigot, she did shut it down … for a hot minute. See, two weeks later, the event, called the Storybook Pride Prom, was held at a new location — a local Unitarian Universalist Church.

Yes. At church.

The event had been scheduled for the Willowbranch Library at the end of June until Johnson and her Hench Hags—apparently tired of losing the battle against Drag Queen Story Hour at the libraries—decided to focus on the prom.

Johnson took to Facebook and told her 700,000 followers—some of whom are probably not even real people—to “express your disgust that this perversion is taking place in a taxpayer funded library!” She included photos of a featured performer, BeBe Deluxe, and the phone number to the library, which her followers used to send threats. The library staff then felt it might be unsafe to hold the event and cancelled.

Elizabeth Johnson sat back and wallowed in her victory, dined on hate and bigotry, swaddled herself in homophobia and proclaimed herself Queen of Queer Haters until …

The Buckman Bridge Unitarian Universalist Church opened their doors to the Prom:

“The LGBTQIA+ youth in our community deserve to have their prom and we wanted to support them. We see our church as a safe place for people who are figuring out who they are. Our Unitarian Universalist values call us to respect the inherent worth and dignity of every person. So, it’s a matter of integrity — to act in alignment with who we say we are.”

The church provided the venue, and some 50 volunteers as well as LGBTQ veterans, private security, and even the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Department served to protect attendees from any further blowback from anyone enslaved to Elizabeth Johnson’s Hate Agenda who might have opted to resort to violence to stop the prom.

BeBe Deluxe, the drag queen who was set to perform at the library, moved her schedule to perform at the church:

“The inside was so positive and electric. Everyone was smiling. Lots of moms were crying happy tears. There were kids dancing, laughing and socializing as if nothing had even happened that week. Some of the youth had never met another gay person their age before and this event helped them make friends.”

In her Hate Hotel, Elizabeth Johnson, was alone. She has not updated her post in which she claimed victory against The Gays and is not responding to press inquiries for comment.

Haters Gonna Hide because Love Always Wins.

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Stories of Pride: Nicholas Bulman is Prom King

Nicholas Bulman has been named Prom King at Barnstable High School in Massachusetts.

It was just last summer, in an Instagram post, that  Nicholas told his classmates that he was in the process of transitioning. He was met with support and encouragement, and, thanks to the teaching staff at Barnstable, he was nominated to be Prom King.

At his high school, teachers pick five boys as candidates for prom king and five girls as candidates for prom queen. One teacher , Lyn Vazquez, said Nicholas was an obvious choice:

“He’s just an all-around great person. Teachers at Barnstable High School felt Nick was a great candidate.”

Nicholas said he didn’t even know he was nominated until a classmate told him;  and then last week, he attended the school’s ­Great Gatsby-themed prom with his classmates where he was chosen as Prom King.

Nicholas has struggled with his gender identity for many years and it wasn’t until he was in the eighth grade and heard the word “transgender” that he found a place where he fit:

“It helped me a lot knowing there were other people who understood what I was going through.”

Last summer he started hormone replacement therapy, and earlier this year he got top surgery.

“When I was getting fitted [for a tux], everything fit better.”

Everything fit.

Congratulations to Nicholas for becoming Prom King, but even more congratulations on choosing to live his life authentically as himself.

We could all learn that lesson.

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Bobservations

Last week we took Ozzo to the vet to have a dental cleaning and a growth removed from his hind leg. During the initial examination, which occurred a few days before, we were told the dental would be $787.00 and the “tumor” removal would be a shade over $800; we were also told that if any teeth needed to be removed that would be an additional charge.

I asked the doctor if there was a way we could whore out Ozzo to defray some of the costs … perhaps use him as a blood donor for other dogs at $50 a pop? Perhaps use him in their dog training classes as the What Not To Do Dog? Sadly, no.

Well, we learned as the surgical day went on that he had several teeth removed—he’s an older dog now, no matter how tiny he looks—and so as I picked Carlos up after work and we went to get Ozzo, we both muttered something like:

“It’s gonna be two thousand dollars for this dog.”

I, however, was the only one who asked if maybe we could just not go get the dog and skip out on the bill, and Carlos reminded me that the office manager at the vet’s office is the daughter of my boss and, well … damn this small town!

But, when we got to the office, and I pushed Carlos, kicking and screaming toward the counter, we learned that the entire bill was … $985, because Ozzo handled the anesthesia so well, and his little heart is so strong, that they were able to do both procedures one after the other, saving us about $800.

Ozzo. Even in a cone hat I think we’ll keep him.

The Fat Bastard’s new lawyer, Rudy “Dial All Nines For Legal Advice” Giuliani says _____ repaid attorney Michael Cohen for that $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their affair but … it was just last month that the Fat Bastard told reporters he knew nothing about the payment, he didn’t know why Cohen made the payment and didn’t know where Cohen had gotten the money.

And yet now it appears he did pay Cohen back, so, everyone’s lying about this mess and if ______ didn’t disclose this payout on his financial disclosure forms that could be trouble.

Still, the best part is that they are claiming that _____ paid back a loan for hush money to a porn star who claims she had sex with _____—sorry, I threw up in mouth a little—that ____ says never happened.

Yes, he paid off a porn star for not having sex with him and then not talking about the sex they didn’t have.

Speaking of hypocrites, Mike “I’m Not Gay” Pence was in Tempe, Arizona, to headline an event for the pro-____ group America First Policies. And, in his speech, Pence singled out former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for praise:

"A great friend of this president, a tireless champion of strong borders and the rule of law. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, I'm honored to have you here."

Wow … I thought Good Christians don’t lie because, as far as that "tireless champion of strong borders and the rule of law " business:

In 2011, a federal judge ordered Arpaio to stop stopping anyone who was not directly suspected of having committed a state or federal crime. Arpaio never acknowledged that order and continued enforcing his own brand of immigration policy. He was found guilty of criminal contempt and was scheduled to be sentenced last fall—until the Fat Bastard pardoned him because, well, racists stick together.

Oh, and let’s not forget the time that Joe Arpaio once faked an assassination attempt, then framed a man for it — all to win sympathy for his reelection campaign. The innocent man spent 4 years in jail until the lie was revealed; Arizona taxpayers footed the $1 million settlement.

And that’s who Mike “I’m Not Gay” Pence thinks would be a good candidate for Senate because, again, racists stick together.

Ah, the Catholic Church, shaming women for centuries …. 

Divine Child High School in Dearborn, Michigan, has come up with a plan to keep their female students from attending prom in revealing outfits. If any girl shows up in a dress that school officials deem risqué, they will be given a … wait for it, it’s rich … “Modesty Poncho” to wear.

Yup.

Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson, the two black men arrested for sitting while black at a Philadelphia Starbucks settled with the world's biggest coffee-shop chain Wednesday for an undisclosed sum and be given the opportunity to complete their bachelor's degrees, their tuition fully covered, through a Starbucks partnership with Arizona State University. Also, the men will be given the chance to discuss their experience and share their recommendations for changes at Starbucks with former Attorney General Eric Holder.

But, better than that, the two men reached a deal with the city Philadelphia for $1 each and a promise from officials to set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs:

"We thought long and hard about it, and we feel like this is the best way to see that change that we want to see. It’s not a right-now thing that's good for right now, but I feel like we will see the true change over time."— Donte Robinson

The men portrayed the twin settlements as an effort to make sure something positive came out of the April 12 incident.

Let’s hope.

Now, in Hate The Gays News, the Oklahoma House passed a bill that will allow adoption and foster care agencies to discriminate against parents whose lives violate the “sincerely held religious beliefs” of the agency.

I never knew an agency could have “sincerely held religious beliefs” but, still, the idiotically named “Adoption Protection Act” passed the GOP-controlled house in a 60-26 vote cuz, you know, Republicans hate The Gays.

Oklahoma Governor, and noted anti-LGBTQ bigot, Mary Fallin, a Republican because, of course, is expected to sign the bill.

So, Oklahoma would rather kids stay in foster care, in orphanages, in state care than be adopted by loving same-sex couples because, oh yeah, Hate The Gays.

In Good Gay News … 

After Zach Link, a Washington DC man who was brutally attacked in an anti-gay hate crime, is smiling again, now that DC dentist, Dr. Christopher Banks fixed his broken teeth for free.

When Dr Banks, also a member of the LGBTQ community,  learned of the attack on Link, he offered to help; he met with Zach and proceeded to restore his smile. Banks says:

“[The LGBTQ] community is beautiful in its resilience and desire to support each other. In a day and age wherein we shake our heads and proclaim hate and violence toward the LGBTQ is senseless and barbaric, we all know it still happens and all we can do is try to help each other pick up the pieces in the aftermath. Without knowing the depth, breadth and expense of Zach’s injuries, I reached out and offered full care because we are all members of a powerful loving LGBTQ community before anything else. It is through these acts of love in the face of hate that we will persist, thrive, and succeed in showing the world we want to be ‘one’.”

The march goes on, if we all stick together.

More Good Gays News … 

The New Zealand rugby team All Blacks and its sister team Black Ferns have amazing new jerseys to celebrate equality; the jerseys appear black when worn, but when stretched they reveal a rainbow:

“The result is a fabric that maintains its black appearance when at rest, but when stretched, reveals the deeper grooved portions of each rib and the colors underneath.”

LGBTQ supportive … and cool.

Jessica Farrar, a Texas Democratic … yes, Democratic … Representative has proposed a bill that would fine a man $100 each time he masturbates. The bill also imposes a 24-hour waiting period if a guy wants a colonoscopy or a vasectomy, or if he's in the market for some Viagra.

I first thought this was the height of stupidity, and thanked the goddess that I don’t live in Texas as I could not afford the Jerk Off Tax—I kid—but Farrar only introduced the bill to give male lawmakers a taste of their own medicine.

"Let's look at what Texas has done to women. What if men had to undergo the same intrusive procedures?"

Farrar's bill would penalize men for masturbation because … insert sarcasm … such behavior is a failure to preserve the sanctity of life and "an act against an unborn child."

I imagine Texas male lawmakers, though, don’t get the hypocrisy.

Pray Live, a division of the Maryland Prayer Center, has offered their response to the glut of gun violence in this country by giving concerned students and their families prayer wrist bands to wear. The organization’s founder, Wenda Royster, says God told her to do this:

“‘I need you to heal this nation by reminding school children and their parents that no matter what is going on around them, I am always there. Remember, only prayer changes behavior and things.' So, I created wristbands for mass distribution across the Country to remind our children that God is there with them, and that prayer changes things.”

Um, Wenda? Unless the wristbands are made from the same thing as Wonder Woman’s bracelets, which can actually stop bullets, you might wanna rethink this, because I can guarantee that at every mass shooting people are praying to stay alive as they are being shot to death, so your prayers are kinda useless.

Ass.

I’ve heard it said that you don’t make passes at boys who wear glasses. I beg to differ. 

Artyom Dubovik begs me to differ.

How Funny! A Racist Prom Proposal!

This is how 18-year-old Noah Crowley a Riverview High school student in Florida, asks a girl to prom. Where did he learn this … at home? In _____’s America? And if Starbucks is closing all of their stores for a day of racial bias education. I say we shut down the entire country for the same training, and then we won’t be raising Junior Racists who think this is funny.

It's not.

Crowley has since apologized, trotting out that old line about how this is not him, and anyone who knows him blah blah blah. 

Sorry, it s you because you took the time to make the sign, take the photo and post it and not once did you or anyone else think it vile and disgusting ...

On This Date In ISBL History: Miss Lesbian Prom

As I am in Oregon helping my Dad recuperate from knee surgery, I thought I’d do something I’ll call “On This Date In ISBL History” and repost some things from back when the blog was new, and newish … this was originally published November 1, 2010:

It looks like it might finally be over. 

A federal judge has ordered the Itawamba County School District in Mississippi to pay $81,000 in legal fees and expenses in a lawsuit filed by Contsance McMillen, whose prom was cancelled, reinstated, then faked, all because she wanted to bring her girlfriend. 
US District Judge Glen Davidson, who ruled in March that McMillen's rights were violated, signed the order on Monday. 

Constance McMillen and the ACLU sued Itawamba County School District to challenge the district's "ban" on same-sex prom dates. Once the suit was filed, the school canceled prom. Angry parents sponsored another dance, but tricked McMillen into going to a "sham prom" while other students partied elsewhere.  

All of this because a girl wanted to bring her girlfriend to a dance.

Sidenote: the headline of the New York Times article was entitled "Judge Awards Legal Fees in Miss. Lesbian Prom Case".

I thought, There's a Miss Lesbian Prom somewhere?

Then I saw the period.

After the settlement, in a groundbreaking move for Mississippi, the school district agreed to implement policies that would prevent future discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity for extracurricular and educational activities.

McMillen’s story received national attention and Glamour magazine named her Woman of the Year Award in 2010.

She appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and received a $30,000 scholarship — in 2012 enrolled at Northeast Mississippi Community College to study psychology.

She was invited to the White House and served as Grand Marshal of the New York Gay Pride Parade.

Good News Friday: Mayor to Lesbian Kicked Out of Prom: “I Love Your Suit”

Aniya Wolf was kicked out of her prom in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania last week because she dared to wear a suit to prom … or because she’s a Lesbian; or both.

The school, Bishop McDevitt High School, a private, Roman Catholic high school, maintains they had a ruling lined up that all girls attending prom wear a dress, though it appears the new rule came at the last minute, and after Aniya purchased her tuxedo.

Aniya's mother, Carolyn, contacted the school, telling them that she had read the dress code prior to the event but that she "didn't think that it precluded [Aniya] from wearing a suit":

"I said that this was very unfair, particularly at the last minute. We had gone out and bought a new suit. I think my daughter is beautiful in a suit.”

And apparently so did Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, who recently extended a ban on city-funded travel to states that have passed anti-LGBT laws, and took to his Facebook page to tell her so:

Aniya, who had been looking forward to prom, went to the dance even after learning about the new rule; once there a school official threatened to call the police if Aniya didn’t leave at once.

Yes, the school threatened to have a student arrested for wearing a suit.

Aniya left before police were contacted, but after Mayor Kenney’s support, another local high school offered to host Aniya Wolf and her date at its prom at the end of May.

Aniya will be there … in a tuxedo.

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Jacob and Anthony Are Going To The Dance

I remember being the closeted gay kid in high school, and just hating when dances came around because everyone always asked if you were taking anyone and the only person I wanted to take was Ian, the foreign exchange student from Australia, but that just would not happen. So, I didn’t go to proms and homecomings and such, though it might have been different had I had a friend like Jacob Lescenski.

Jacob is straight — that’s okay, he was born that way — and his best friend, Anthony Martinez, is gay; also okay, because he was born that way. Anthony is also a member of the student council and plans a lot of the school dances, but never gets asked to attend … until now.

One day, after posting to Twitter that he didn’t have a date for the dance, Anthony walked down a hall at school and saw this:

"You’re hella gay, I’m hella str8, but you’re like my brother so be my d8!"

His best friend had decided that he’d like to take Anthony to prom:

“I decided on going to prom alone because my original date idea didn’t work out so well. Then one night I saw Anthony, who is my best friend, Tweeting about wanting a date. I then thought about how amazing of a guy he is and that he deserved a date. So, I came up with the poster idea, asked my friend Mia to make it and asked him that next day. No one knew about it except for me, my friend Jamie, and Mia. Therefore it was a giant surprise to everyone, especially Anthony!” — Jacob Lescenski

Times do change; people do change.

Some people are gay; get over it … and dance.

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Nasir Fleming Is Prom Queen ... And Prom Hero

Nasir Fleming is a seventeen-year-old senior at Danbury High School, in Connecticut, and is also openly gay. Still it must have been a surprise when his classmates nominated him for Prom King and Prom Queen.

But he was fine with that because he’s known he was gay, and has been out, since he was twelve, and has suffered bullying through the years for simply being Nasir Fleming. He saw his dual nominations as a way to send a message about the ‘absurdity of gender labeling, the toxicity of discrimination and the importance of being yourself.’

So, he accepted the nomination to be Prom Queen, though he wasn’t expecting to win, but when he did, his peers greeted his win with applause and cheers.

All well and good you know; he made a point that gender really shouldn’t matter, it’s the kind of person you are that makes the difference, not orientation, or color, or heritage or age or weight or height or hair color.

But, for me, Nasir isn’t Prom Queen, he’s Prom Hero. See, he’d been nominated for king last year, and when the nomination came again he wasn’t surprised. The queen nomination, however, was a surpise and he wondered if it was all some kind of joke about his sexuality, but he finally decided that didn’t even matter.

"Either way, I'm still fabulous."

And he is, because he stood up for himself, and for other LGBTQ youth who can’t stand up, yet, for themselves, and decided that, while he identifies as a gay male, this win would be a positive statement about Transphobia.

"As gay people, more or less, are becoming accepted in society, transgendered people are still discriminated against severely. If I can win a title that is outside of my gender, there is no reason why a trans-person should have any problems winning titles in his/her gender. Stop the hate, start the love."

Sadly, though, as happens every time someone steps up for someone else, or even for themselves, there has been some hate. He was accused of mocking the prom tradition, though all he did was accept a nomination and then win by a vote, and his selection as prom queen has been called “disgusting” by some.

Even more sadly, in my mind, the gay community has had some negative things to say about his crowning, saying it reinforces negative stereotypes. Funny, I see it as saying we can all be whatever we want to be, and our gender, gender identity, sexual orientation shouldn’t matter.

Nasir hopes his short time in this particular spotlight will help parents understand that children should be taught compassion, not hate, by their parents.

"We need to push past tolerance and start having acceptance."

Like I said, Prom Hero.

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Good News Friday: Delores Dennison Goes To Prom

Delores Dennison had never been asked to prom before, so she wasn’t sure what to make of it the day her phone rang and a young boy named Austin was on the other end of the line and wanted to know if she’d go to the dance with him. She was sure he didn’t mean it, and was probably doing it to be nice, but he persisted.

“Grandma, I want you to go to the prom with me.”

Delores’ great-grandson, emphasis on great, sincerely wanted her to attend the Parkway High School prom with him as her escort. Delores wasn’t sure, still , because she’d suffered both a stroke and a heart attack, and said she wasn’t that good on her feet any more, but Austin wasn’t taking ‘No’ for an answer, and so she finally said ‘Yes.’

For Delores, it was the first time she’d ever been invited to a prom; she never finished high school back in West Virginia, so the prom never came for her.

Austin says the idea to take his great grandmother to the prom was inspired by his government teacher Lucas Minnich:

“Mr. Minnich told me that his older brother had taken his grandma to the prom. I asked Grandma if she would be my date to the prom and she said that she would be honored. I told her that it would be my privilege. I’ve been blessed with grandparents and great grandparents that know as much as they do. They have so many stories to tell. All I have to do is ask.”

Austin and Delores went shopping for a special dress for the prom, and the day before the dance he bought her a pearl necklace. When he went to pick her up, he played his guitar and

sang the song,”Iris,” for her, and then took her to dinner at her favorite restaurant. 

Then, their first stop at the dance at Parkway High School was to have their prom picture taken.

“When the music started to play, we danced on the floor. They played the Frank Sinatra song, ‘I love the kisses of Delores.’ Her husband (Edward) used to sing that song to her. There was a standing ovation when we came out.”

And they danced and laughed together, and then Austin took Delores home after their special night.

“We got home shortly after 9 p.m., later than I go to bed these day.”—Delores Dennison

And for Austin, the evening was equally as special:

“I feel stupendous. I know this helped her out. When you help others, in some way you help yourself. She means so much to us. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.”

:::wipes tears:::

Have a great weekend, y’all, and maybe channel a little Austin Dennison while you’re out and about.

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Stacy Dawson Rented A Tux, Asked His Boyfriend, and Filed A Lawsuit .... Just To Be Able To Go To Prom

It started out like this: Stacy Dawson attends high school in the Scott County Central School District in Missouri, and he’s gay. Well, that’s not quite the issue, at least until Stacy asked to bring his boyfriend to the prom, and district officials pointed him toward the district handbook where it states:  "High School students will be permitted to invite one guest, girls invite boys and boys invite girls."

Too bad for Stacy Dawson, and his boyfriend.

"I was really shocked, and it was really depressing," said Dawson. "The school board says since it was in the handbook it could be awhile before it was changed, and I probably would not be able to bring my date."—Stacy Dawson.

Except Stacy wasn’t having it, and he contacted the Southern Poverty Law Center [SPLC] and a staff attorney, Alesdair Ittelson, got involved. Yes, in 2013 America, a young man who wants to bring a boy to the prom has to threaten a lawsuit to do so. 

Ittelson sent a letter to Scott County Central School District Officials requesting them to change the handbook because it "tells LGBT students that they don't deserve the same rights as their heterosexual peers, and that's not right and that's not constitutional" and he gave them until 5 p.m. on February 25, 2013 to change the policy, or face a lawsuit.

So a boy can dance with a boy at a prom.

I understand that there are people who think its offensive, although it isn't; it's dancing. And I know that there are people who say it's against the Bible; it isn't, it's dancing. But, why? Why tell a young man that he has to threaten to sue someone just for the right to bring the person he chooses to prom? Last week we had the story of the school in Indiana that took this kind of discrimination one step further and tried to simply ban The Gays from the prom altogether, or, failing that, have a Straights Only Prom. But to sue, to have to be forced to sue, so you can dance with your boyfriend. This cannot be America in 2013; this cannot still be happening.

And, luckily, it didn't.

After first saying the school board would not revise their homophobic handbook, and, of course, with the threat of a lawsuit aimed at them, the district decided they would, and they could, remove that offensive line from the handbook, although they backtracked somewhat—in an effort to save face, no doubt—and said the line was never meant to be exclusive in the first place.

Alvin McFerren, Scott County Central School District superintendent: "I found out why the stipulation in the student handbook was originally put in there, and it's rather innocent, to be honest. This was during a time 10-15 years ago that the previous administration was having issues with some of the students trying to come in on either the single rate or the couple rate. They implemented that to make sure they couldn't circumvent the rates that students were supposed to pay as they entered into our dances."

Nice try, but then the line might have said 'couples' rather than girls invite boys and boys invite girls. But, I guess that’s neither here nor there, because what matters most, to the LGBT community and its allies, is that Stacy Dawson will be able to dance with his boyfriend at the prom.

See, it’s not that such a big deal after all. I mean, I can see not allowing people who can't dance from attending, but everyone knows The Gays rule the dance floor, and I'm certain Stacy and his boyfriend will show up everyone there.

And everyone, gay and straight, will have a good time.

Teen Can't Bring Date To Prom

Teen Wins Right To Attend Prom With His Boyfriend

Some Sullivan High School Students, Teachers, and Parents Want A Prom That Excludes Black Students

I didn’t go to my high school prom for a lot of reasons, number one being I was an in-the-closet-flaming-homosexual-who-didn’t-want-to-lie-and-pretend-to-be-straight at the ‘Big Dance.’ So, I stayed home, and I never felt like I missed anything important, because it was my choice to stay home.

Unfortunately, though, for some students at Sullivan High School prom, they won’t have that option, because several students, parents and even some folks who call themselves ‘teachers’ want a prom that excludes certain students.

The Black Students.

And while it seems it cannot legally happen in this day and age, students and parents are taking matters in their own hands to keep the Black Students from attending the dance. In fact, several parents, students, and some teachers who think that Black Students shouldn’t be allowed at the prom with the ‘normal’ kids met up at a local church to discuss their options.

"We don't agree with it and it's offensive to us."—Diana Medley, a special education teacher in town.

So they have decided to create their own prom, a ‘traditional’ prom, and are spreading the word, hoping to get more students of the right kind to attend, to take a stand against Black Students thinking they’re equal and stuff. And, while some of you may not understand this type of bigotry, these students, teachers and parents would like you to hear them out.

"We want to make the public see that we love the [Black Students], but we don't think it's right nor should it be accepted," said a local student.

See, they love the Black Students but don’t think it’s right that they mix with other students, normal ones, I mean.

"I believe that it was life circumstances and they chose to be that way; God created everyone equal."—Diana Medley.

Funny, though, Diana, if God created everyone equally why would you want to keep Black Students from the prom. Shouldn’t they be treated like anyone else?

"[Black students] come to me with their problems, and I don't agree with them, but I care about them. It's the same thing with my special needs kids, I think God puts everyone in our lives for a reason."—Diana Medley.

In our lives, yes, but not at our proms. I mean, what if your son or daughter wanted to dance with one of them? What would happen to them? What is your son or daughter came home from the prom and said they had fallen in love with a Black Student? Wanted to marry a Black Student?

Oops, I made a mistake. I misread the article and, well, let me make a minor correction: see, it’s not Black Students that people want to keep from going to prom, it’s Gay Students.

Gay Students. That’s different, right?

Go back and read the post again, only this time put in the words 'Gay Students' instead of 'Black Students' and see if it makes any more sense. Then try 'Jewish Students,' 'Chinese Students,' 'Fat Students,' or even 'Redheaded Students' and see if you can make sense of it.

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