My school bans gay & lesbian couples at the formal, should i protest?

In not gay or lesbian but my best friend is and we both think its wrong.


About 5 of my other friends are bi/gay/lesbian.


Me and my friends have gone to see office staff and they stopped us from seeing the princaple..


My parents agree with the school!! :(


Does anyone else believe this is wrong?My school bans gay %26amp; lesbian couples at the formal, should i protest?
It really depends on the type of school.





Legally speaking, if this is a public school, the school shouldn't be allowed to barr same-sex couples from going to the formal and you guys should fight this because it's outrageous.





If you go to a private school, they have the legal right to do as they please. :-/





Stage a protest. Perhaps your gay friends can go with lesbians and switch partners at the dance as a form of protest. If the school administration pulls a scene it would put the school in the spot light with the media, and given the state of the gay rights movement, your school wouldn't come out in a great light.My school bans gay %26amp; lesbian couples at the formal, should i protest?
Ok I hate to say this, but is your girlfriend from another school? If not both go stag, yes you'll won't get the couples discount but you guys can still go and enjoy each other! If she doesn't find a single guy friend (preferably a guy that's in your situation) then you both can invite the other person and just swap partners once you give your tickets at the door! You'll even get the couples discount this way!





There are ways to work around these things! I know its sucks, but you can still go and have a great time and that's all that matters!





EDIT:


Then have fun going ';stag!'; ;-)


Enjoy yourselves and don't forget to take tons and tons of pics!
I think the school shouldn't be making any judgement with regards to sexual orientation. Standard school policy is to blanket disallow anything which is not to do with education so to be fair and literal to their own rules they should also ban straight couples from the formal.





I would love to see a school put this issue to student vote.
There is an absolutely marvellous book about it by a guy called Aaron Fricke. It's called ';Reflections of a Rock Lobster and was published in 1981 by Alyson Publications in Boston, Mass.


The ISBN is 0 932870 09 0


I'll bet you can get it cheaply on Abebooks or Alibris or one of the many other book selling web sites.





And a large part of the story is how he won the battle to be allowed to take his gay partner to the school prom.
Whoah, serious?


Thats disgusting, especially in Australia. I would never think that something like that would happen here.


They can't ban someone from going to the formal because of their sexual orientation, especially in a public school. Hell, doesn't your school have other things to worry about?
Which state is this in? If it's a public school it would be illegal under the Equal Opportunities Act. You could make a stand by not going and letting the school admin and local paper and television station know about your opposition. You could even try to get on Sunrise...they'd like that story.
This is total discrimination and it's against the law. Go to a newspaper and see what kind of publicity you can drum up and maybe threatened with legal action, they'll change their minds quick smart!
Has your school looked at the calender? It's 2009 for heaven's sake.





Sorry bigotry is still alive and well in your school...





You don't happen to go be going to school in the 1950's do you?
In Australia most anti-gay discrimination is banned, so they might even be breaking the law. I think you could be quite successful if you got the media involved.
you should DEFINITELY protest! I would do anything I can to get this overturned. You can also talk to people like the ACLU and see if legal action couldn't be taken!
I went to a catholic school in western australia and we were even allowed same sex partners.................








hmmm! Thats wrong hun. What state are u in?


I DEF think you shud protest. Get the news involved lol
I personally think that's very wrong. I think you should stage a protest, a peaceful one at least
It is absolutely wrong - If you can't make your protest heard why don't you contact the press - I'm sure they will get a response.
yes thats very wrong. discrimination is not a good thing especially in schools. there's enough of that in the real world.