school refuses to show picture of lesbian in yearbook

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
This is a public school and it wasn't a school uniform.

You said 'women', not 'girls'

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Dissident
what's a munter?

A minger with taste.

[alva]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly


Yep, some kids at school would make fun of her. Then the media -- especially Fox -- would show up to lionize her, declaring her the true voice of American youth. She'd be all over the national media for days, along with smug Christian pundits defending her against non-existant attacks. Her picture, in her demure dress, would be continually juxtaposed with pictures of Christine Aguilara, driving home a point so obvious it doesn't need articulation. The more hysterical conservative columnists -- think Cal Thomas -- would begin comparing her to the alleged "Christian martyr" of Columbine. Eventually, at a press conference, President Bush would be tossed a soft-ball question about the controversy, which he would use as an opportunity to praise her faith, denegrate teacher's unions, and promote abstinence-only sex education and No Child Left Behind. And the picture would run.

Have you been living abroad? Or do you just not get how America works now?

Teh Rufus pwns all!!!

[Ted Striker]

Re: school refuses to show picture of lesbian in yearbook

Originally posted by Dissident
It's obvious none of this hatred has anything to do with the sanctity of marriage.

Conservatives hate gay people. Plain and simple. Not all of them do, but I'm willing to bet most people do.

Some of them will admit it, others will try and sugarcoat it.

The worst is the bible bashers that say, "don't hate the gay person, hate their gayness."

okay!

[The Mad Monk]

I thought Rufus was living abroad...

[Last Conformist]

Originally posted by Odin
This is another reason I am against school uniforms, the female uniform almost invariably consists of a skirt, and forcing people to conform to culturally imposed dress expectations is wrong.

The male uniform not merely almost invariably consists of a pair of trousers. How is that any more or less wrong?

[Ted Striker]

Heck, even tubgirl wears a school uniform.

[mindseye]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly

Yep, some kids at school would make fun of her. Then the media -- especially Fox -- would show up to lionize her, declaring her the true voice of American youth. She'd be all over the national media for days, along with smug Christian pundits defending her against non-existant attacks. Her picture, in her demure dress, would be continually juxtaposed with pictures of Christine Aguilara, driving home a point so obvious it doesn't need articulation. The more hysterical conservative columnists -- think Cal Thomas -- would begin comparing her to the alleged "Christian martyr" of Columbine. Eventually, at a press conference, President Bush would be tossed a soft-ball question about the controversy, which he would use as an opportunity to praise her faith, denegrate teacher's unions, and promote abstinence-only sex education and No Child Left Behind. And the picture would run.

Have you been living abroad? Or do you just not get how America works now?

Bravo!

(I see someone else beat me to the punch, but this passage was good enough to merit a second re-quoting)

[SpencerH]

Originally posted by Joseph
They are not stupid. I now work at a Middle School and we have a dress code period. If you don't follow it, you are in trouble period. If you do follow it, everything is fine.
The girl could have worn a dress that was not low cut and no one would have been able to see her breast.

Do you have a school dress code that requires females to wear a dress? Even here in the great state of Alabama the school dress codes dont require that certain clothes be worn, only what may not be worn (and that only applies to the type of clothing not who may wear it). Maybe the next step at this school will be to require that evil females wear a burka so that they dont show off their evil flesh.

I'm not opposed to dress codes at school (although I personally find the idea repugnant I accept that there are useful benefits). This is not a dress code, however, this is a type of school behaviour (some would label it religious while I label it nazi) that is all too common.

[Proteus_MST]

Dunno.

On the one hand it seems to be silly to not allow her to be dressed on the photo this way.
On the other hand, if you allow this, you should also allow male transvestites to wear a skirt on photos for the yearbook

[Adagio]

Dress codes


Once in my life I was forced to wear such clothes she's wearing in that picture and it was like hell
Forcing people to wear clothes they hate to wear

[:) Smiley]

For all we know anyway, she could be wearing a skirt in that picture- it only shows the face and shoulders.

[Odin]

Originally posted by Adagio
Dress codes


Once in my life I was forced to wear such clothes she's wearing in that picture and it was like hell
Forcing people to wear clothes they hate to wear

The main reason I am against school uniforms is that it implants in a child's young mind that he/she will be punished if he/she does not conform.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Proteus_MST
Dunno.

On the one hand it seems to be silly to not allow her to be dressed on the photo this way.
On the other hand, if you allow this, you should also allow male transvestites to wear a skirt on photos for the yearbook

yeah I got to admit there's a double standard here.

Normally it's acceptable for women to wear guys clothing. That's why I find this case so strange. But it's not acceptable for guys to wear women's clothing except in the name of comedy.

[Imran Siddiqui]

After this I wonder if one of the guys at the school would rather wear a dress in the yearbook photo?