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"How would you feel if your prom date was deemed unacceptable by your school board? Well, Constance McMillen, an 18-year-old high school senior in Mississippi, just wanted to do was bring her girlfriend to prom. She also wanted to wear a tux. Her local school board, however, was outraged by that idea and told Constance that if she brought a girl or wore a tux that she could not go to prom at all. But, when the American Civil Liberties Union heard about this, they immediately objected. They told the school that not allowing two girls to attend prom as a couple violated students&amp;#039; rights and not allowing a girl to wear a tuxedo violated free expression rights.  So, instead, prom was canceled all together! The entire senior class at Itawamba County Agricultural High School is missing out on a night that everyone looks forward to and remembers for the rest of their life. The school board released a statement that said prom was off &amp;quot;due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events.&amp;quot; That sounds pretty ridiculous! We&amp;#039;re bummed for the students that they won&amp;#039;t have prom but proud of Constance for sticking to her guns and not backing down. We want to know what you think about this!   How would you feel if your prom was canceled because the school board disapproved of your date?    Do you agree that this was completely unfair?   xoxo Lauren "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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