An event that has been in the media recently is denial of two lesbian students to go to prom together or wear a tuxedo to prom. I find it interesting how blown out of proportion the whole case has gotten blown out of proportion for both sides because the banning caused the teens to take the school to court, where they won. This caused the school to cancel the prom. Personally I think that the teens should have worked around this by being subtle (the tux made it less subtle). However, the school is clearly in the wrong for canceling the prom. Moderate tweaking of dress regulations would have sufficed, and providing that this did not disrupt school it would have remained well within the girls rights to go to prom.
Monday, April 19, 2010
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Though I like the topic you brought up and realize the merits in the analysis that you made, I find myself disagreeing heavily with what you said. I don't think the teens should have worked around the problem in a more subtle manner by not wearing a tuxedo or through other means. It's frankly ridiculous that the school could so infringe on a person's rights that way. Earlier in the year there was a joke group formed on Facebook that's stated goal was to get me to wear a dress to prom. Though it was an easily identifiable joke group, if I had decided to take it seriously and wear a dress to prom then the school should be accommodating. Just because it is not the "norm" doesn't mean its wrong. DePauw has no problem with such things as I saw when i visited and was following a person wearing distinctly women's clothing who then turned around and was an easily identifiable man. The school acted in a ludicrous manner when it denied the students her right to dress in a tux at prom. Again, just because it isn't the norm doesn't make it wrong.
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