smart-tart: equalitopia: Georgia student allowed gay prom date, parents kick him out Derrick Martin, an 18-year-old gay senior at a Georgia high school will be allowed to attend his senior prom with his boyfriend, according to macon.com. Officials said the town wasn’t ready for it, but his request was finally granted since the school didn’t have a policy against it. He was worried that he would get the Bleckley County High School prom canceled, which recently happened to 18-year-old Constance McMillen from Mississippi. Her high school canceled her prom after she requested to attend with her girlfriend. Blogs and news sites began to respond to the issue and Derrick received many Facebook messages. Because of the media attention, his parents kicked him out of his house. Derrick says that he is currently staying at a friend’s house.
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Georgia student allowed gay prom date, parents kick him out

Derrick Martin, an 18-year-old gay senior at a Georgia high school will be allowed to attend his senior prom with his boyfriend, according to macon.com. Officials said the town wasn’t ready for it, but his request was finally granted since the school didn’t have a policy against it.

He was worried that he would get the Bleckley County High School prom canceled, which recently happened to 18-year-old Constance McMillen from Mississippi. Her high school canceled her prom after she requested to attend with her girlfriend.

Blogs and news sites began to respond to the issue and Derrick received many Facebook messages. Because of the media attention, his parents kicked him out of his house. Derrick says that he is currently staying at a friend’s house.

Source: equalitopia

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  1. faddyv reblogged this from robot-heart-politics and added:
    First of all,I wish to declare that I’m neither pro nor against homosexuals okay. As much as I don’t favor this whole...
  2. starpowerx reblogged this from stfuconservatives and added:
    Georgia student allowed gay prom date, parents kick him out Derrick Martin, an 18-year-old gay senior at a Georgia high...
  3. theheartacheandthehope reblogged this from ihaveaheadache and added:
    you have a couch in new orleans, too.
  4. malloryy reblogged this from stfuconservatives and added:
    i live in georgia, and i’m pretty sure i’ve visited this high school in order for some academic related thing. i’m...
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    dummefotze:mondosmusicbox:stfuconservatives:robot-heart-politics:equalitopia: Georgia student allowed gay prom date,...
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  11. livelifelikeitsounds reblogged this from inurements and added:
    Obviously it was still wrong, but his parents didn’t kick him out because he was gay, they kicked him out because the...
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  15. loverwife reblogged this from twelvefootmountaintroll and added:
    A) Pretty sure that I am a fan of letting him attend prom with his boyfriend on Facebook. B) Stupid Georgia.
  16. citrusconstellationinthegalaxy reblogged this from iamheartless and added:
    isa lang masasabi ko,. ampogi mo naman kuya hahahaha XD
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  19. twelvefootmountaintroll reblogged this from equalitopia and added:
    out.That makes sense. Or not.
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    This is the TWENTY FIRST century. People really need to grow the fuck up. This isn’t a DISEASE or whatever bullshit...

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