Principal says gay student can't wear tuxedo to prom

[TexasTowelie]

MONROE, La. (AP) — A gay student in Louisiana says she is going to skip her prom because the school principal won't let her wear a tuxedo.

Claudettia Love, a senior and one of the top students at Carroll High in Monroe, said she was planning on going to the prom with a group of friends, but now they are staying away.

"I told my mom, 'They're using me. They put me in all these honors and advanced placement classes so I can take all of these tests and get good grades and better the school, but when it's time for me to celebrate the fact that I've accomplished what I need to accomplish and I'm about to graduate, they don't want to let me do it, the way I want to,'" she told The News-Star (http://tnsne.ws/1GcGMhr).

The decision is part of the school's dress code and not anything personal, principal Patrick Taylor told The News-Star.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Principal-says-gay-student-can-t-wear-tuxedo-to-6179412.php

[JimDandy]

1. The school board president initially refused to comment on the principal's actions

but he thought better of it after hearing from members of the community:

Gay student to miss prom over no-tux rule
Barbara Leader, April 3, 2015

Update: After hearing of Love's plight from members of the community who saw The News-Star's article, Monroe City School Board President Rodney McFarland contacted The News-Star to say that he will take action on Love's behalf.

McFarland said he will contact Superintendent Brent Vidrine and request that he discuss the rule with the school's principal.

"As school board president, I don't agree with Carroll banning her from her prom just because of what she wants to wear -- that's discrimination," he said. "As far as I know there is no Monroe City School Board policy saying what someone has to wear to attend the prom. You can't just go making up policies."

http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2015/04/03/gay-student-miss-prom-tux-rule/25247687/

[BigDemVoter]

2. Why the FUCK not???

What fucking difference does it make if she wears a tux or not? I suppose those FUCK BUCKETS would prefer she wear some idiotic Scarlet O'Hara hoop skirt with lots of chiffon. . . sheesh. . . .