Comments on: Fun Facts about Fulton, MS

By: Jason D

Jason D — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:06:18 +0000

DBW, and everyone else.
Here’s some great photos of those upstanding, normal, hetero kids in Fulton.

Yes, clearly a lesbian couple would’ve been too much for these little darlings to deal with!

By: Burr

Burr — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:31:13 +0000

Anyone who looks at someone else enjoying themselves and not harming anyone and twists it in their tiny little pea-brain into something that’s being FORCED on them has severe mental issues.

By: werdna

werdna — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:30:44 +0000

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By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:21:22 +0000

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By: David

David — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:33:59 +0000

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By: Mike Camardelle

Mike Camardelle — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:36:06 +0000

Mohandas Gandhi – “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”

By: Becky in DC

Becky in DC — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:19:49 +0000

To be fair, most of us in the equality camp thought the issue had been taken care of when we saw the country club guy offer to host an alternative prom.

If you lived in Fulton but didn’t have a child at Itawamba, you probably thought so too. For congregations that tend to be small, older, and pro-equality (like the Quakers) it is very likely they weren’t in the loop.

It’s hardly fair to blame _everyone_ for something that was intentionally kept secret from everyone-who-might-have-objected.

By: Jason D

Jason D — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:35:47 +0000

“This girl had no business forcing her lifestyle upon this school,”

Constance, like many of her classmates wanted to wear a tux and bring her girlfriend to prom.

Where, exactly, is the force of lifestyle in that?

The only difference between Constance and other students who want to wear tuxes and bring their girlfriend to prom is that Constance is a girl.

If anyone was trying to force their lifestyle on anyone else it was certain school administrators. If Constance brought a male date and wore a dress, she would’ve been welcome — in other words if she had accepted the heterosexual lifestyle (or appearance of such) being FORCED upon her, she could come.

Get it straight (ha ha) the only people forcing a lifestyle on anyone in this country are certain neo-con christians who can’t just live and let live. DOMA is all about trying to force heterosexuality on gay people, as is DADT, as is fighting against gay equality.

But because she decided that she was equal, and deserved to wear a tux and bring her girlfriend to prom –just like many of her classmates — that somehow makes her the bully?

You’re blaming the victim, plain and simple. No, they didn’t have to “accept” Constance as a lesbian. But they also didn’t have to put roadblocks in her way. Roadblocks that were special to her, and not to other students.

“I applaud the school for canceling the prom. The parents of this school would not want their children to be exposed to this.”

Have you seen the pictures of the ghost prom? Constance would have to be having buck naked sex covered in blood on the dancefloor to outdo the “depravity” these so-called Christian students were up to at the real prom!
Lots of straight folks bumping and grinding and a few girls-gone-wild esque photos of “straight” girls making out.
Oh yeah, they’re sooo pure and innocent.

“It is time to put a stop to all this nonsense that has infiltrated our public schools.”

Absolutely, it’s time to put an end to all the hate and bigotry that has infiltrated the learning process. Nobody asked you for your permission to let gay people exist. We do. And we deserve to be treated equally just like all the other people in this country.

By: TampaZeke

TampaZeke — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:35:36 +0000

DBW, I heard the same EXACT same argument against integration of black and white kids in schools, and against interracial couples attending school events, when I was growing up in Mississippi in the 70′s.

One day, in the not too distant future, you will be remembered with the same disgust as we now remember anti-integration racists of the 50′s and 60′s.

By: Timothy (TRiG)

Timothy (TRiG) — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:20:32 +0000

Forcing her lifestyle

Do anti-equality people have minds at all? Do they ever think for themselves? They all sound exactly the same.

Lifestyle, indeed.

TRiG.