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"On Monday, John posted about Constance McMillen, a high school student in Mississippi who was told by school officials that she would not be allowed to bring her girlfriend to the prom. The ACLU and Constance sued the school district; yesterday a judge ruled in Constance&amp;amp;#8217;s favor.According to USA Today, U.S. District Court Judge Glen Davidson ruled that the school district&amp;amp;#8217;s decision to cancel the official prom because Constance challenged the ban on same-sex couples violated her rights. The school said they decide to cancel the dance &amp;amp;#8220;after taking into consideration the education, safety and well-being of our students.&amp;amp;#8221; As John mentioned an &amp;amp;#8220;unofficial&amp;amp;#8221; prom is being planned by parents for the original date. Judge Davidson will not force the school district to reinstate their cancelled prom because he felt it might cause confusion among the community since many students have already made plans to attend the unofficial prom. Constance was upset, but surprisingly understanding about the situation explaining &amp;amp;#8220;It would be hard for him to move it. A lot of people would be inconvenienced.&amp;amp;#8221; When I read her response, I couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t help but tear up. People would be inconvenienced? It&amp;amp;#8217;s incredible and heart-breaking that as school officials are so obviously discriminating against her, she&amp;amp;#8217;s concerned about her fellow students. Constance is considering attending a prom hosted by Mississippi Safe Schools Coalition which is an advocacy group for gay and lesbian students. Kristy Bennett, the legal director for ACLU Mississippi said Judge&amp;amp;#8217;s Davidson&amp;amp;#8217;s ruling that the school violated Constance&amp;amp;#8217;s rights was a victory. Bennett will now take the case to trial. When I think back to my high school prom, I can&amp;amp;#8217;t help but smile. I had such a blast with my friends; we danced, took silly pictures and ended the night drinking milkshakes at Denny&amp;amp;#8217;s. It truly saddens me that a school district felt it necessary to deny one of its students this experience. What do you think about all of this? Do you see this as a victory? Do you think the judge should have forced the school to reinstate the prom? Would you have been bothered by a same-sex couple at your prom? Anyone else in awe of Constance&amp;amp;#8217;s courage? For further reading&amp;amp;#133; * eHarmony reaches agreement in class action lawsuit brought on by gay and lesbian users. * Same-sex marriage now legal in Mexico City! * A beautiful wedding; congrats to the two brides! More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter. Photo: Digital Vision. Image used for illustrative purposes only."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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