{"id":1283,"date":"2010-03-16T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2010-03-16T07:40:24","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T14:40:24","slug":"your-letters-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/your-letters-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to a reader for this comment to \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/03\/skirts-and-strapons\/\">Skirts and Strapons<\/a>\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurely you\u2019re not suggesting <strong>Marlene Dietrich <\/strong>was straight?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Okay, point well taken. (Bashful gulp.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Constance-McMillan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1286\" title=\"Constance McMillan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Constance-McMillan-150x92.jpg\" alt=\"Constance McMillan\" width=\"150\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Constance-McMillan-150x92.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Constance-McMillan-300x185.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fatalemedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Constance-McMillan.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Next up, thanks to our friend Chuck for sending along the news of yet another <strong>GLBT high-school student<\/strong> who\u2019s been ragged on. But this time the<strong> ACLU<\/strong> is coming to the rescue.\u00a0 We were saddened to see that the teen\u2019s Jackson, Mississippi, high school cancelled its senior prom because 18-year-old <strong>Constance McMillen<\/strong>, a lesbian, wanted to not only take her girlfriend, a student at the same school, but also <strong>to wear a tux<\/strong>. What\u2019s wrong with a tux? Geez.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently wearing a tux violates school policy. In 2010?! They can\u2019t be serious. But they are. The ACLU has filed a suit on McMillen\u2019s behalf to have the school reinstate the senior prom. According to the AP report, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/us_lesbian_prom_date\">Lesbian Teen Sues to Force School to Hold Prom<\/a>,\u201d a fellow student said to McMillan, \u201cThanks for ruining my senior year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, thanks to our friend Ruth for sending along this op-ed by none other than the venerable Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Prize-winning peace activist, about gays and lesbians: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/03\/11\/AR2010031103341.html\">Love all God&#8217;s children, gay or straight<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Snip: \u201c<strong>Hate has no place in the house of God<\/strong>. No one should be excluded from our love, our compassion or our concern because of race or gender, faith or ethnicity &#8212; or because of their sexual orientation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/\">www.washingtonpost.com<\/a>) is not very user friendly, and you\u2019ll have to sign in, but you can sign in using your Facebook account to access the article. Well worth the read. Thanks, Ruth.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to a reader for this comment to \u201cSkirts and Strapons\u201d: \u201cSurely you\u2019re not suggesting Marlene Dietrich was straight?\u201d Okay, point well taken. (Bashful gulp.) Next up, thanks to our friend Chuck for sending along the news of yet another GLBT high-school student who\u2019s been ragged on. 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