Keep Stepping Constance

Close your eyes. Imagine your senior prom soon close at hand. Tux, check. Fits perfect and you look amazing in it. Your girlfriend has picked out a beautiful dress and she looks stunning. The day is getting closer and you can not wait. After all, is prom not suppose to be the most important time of your teenage life? Suddenly the prom is canceled. Will no longer be held. The Itawamba County School District reports it is "Due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events". Everyone at the school is extrememly upset. What events could lead to the cancelation of the most important night in a students life? In case you have not heard, the distraction is 18 year old Constance McMillen. Did she threaten anyone at the school? Did she bring weapons to school? Did she tell someone she was planning something for prom night? Well, actually yes. The "distraction to the educational process, was nothing more than her wanting to share the importance of the prom with her date, who happens to be her girlfriend. Constance simply wanted to wear a tuxedo to the prom and be accompanied by her date, her girlfriend. The school has stated this goes against policy and has decided to cancel the prom instead, leaving many of her classmates extremely mad at her. As if it is not hard enough for the torment and ridcule many young LGBTQ people face in society already, a school has to throw another log on the fire by making, no, provoking, her classmates to turn against her. Thankfully, this will not stop here. The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi has filed a lawsuit in order to force the school to hold the prom. Good luck Constance. You are a role model for many people. Do not give up, and be proud of your stand. For those of you who are thinking this is a south thing, I can not really blame you. Was it not in Mississippi that a school still found it neccessary to hold segregated proms, one for Black students, and one for White students? However, please keep in mind that the only thing that seperates Canada from the US is the largest imaginary line in the world. Think back to 2002 when a gay student in Toronto wanted to bring his boyfriend to the prom. Seems to me it want the same way. The school refused based on his sexual orientation. The courts forced the school to hold the prom, and forced them l to let him attend. It is the small fearful steps taken by youth like Constance that make the biggest change...keep stepping.

Yes Virginia, there is a Santa...

He is red for sure, Republican red, goes by the name of McDonnell, and has a sack full of goodies for you Virginia. Please, please, PLEASE tell me it ain't so. What did you do, just one day short of a year, when you overwhelmingly voted true blue and helped elect Obama to the presidency. I wonder what could have changed for you to vote the likes of Republican Bob McDonnell into office? Now I am hearing over and over "it is time to take back my America" and "bring back the good old days". Are you seriously talking about the good old days of Bush? Or the good old days of daddy bush? Or are we talking the good old days when it was ok, no, fashionable, no, a required mindset, to hate your neighbor based on the color of their skin? Oh hold on a second, as I see a problem with that last statement and I apologize. In the "good old America", it was indeed difficult to hate your neighbor due to their skin color...since chances are...YOUR NEIGHBOR LOOKED LIKE YOU! Now that I think of it, yes, I do believe that is exactly what Virginia is talking about. Why you ask? All you have to do Virginia, is look in the bag your Santa is carrying to see what gifts he is bringing to you. Shall we look together. According to McDonnell's thesis he wrote a few years back, I do not think you will find any jobs for women. I think the words were something along the line of "working women are detrimental to the traditional family". Unmarried couples will no longer be able to use contraceptives. What happened to the state having no place in the bedrooms of the citizens? Oh, and what happened to all the people who said the Federal govt is grabbing on to too much power... should we give them the power to dictate our lives in our homes? On that note, he still believes that marriage should be limited to one man and one woman, but in the same breath, strongly believes that people should not be discriminated against based on gender, orientation, or marital status...amazing what one can say when talking out of both the mouth and the ass at the same time. Sounds like his ass and mouth are having a slight disagreement.
Virginia, oh dear Virginia, please, please..PLEASE tell America there are cameras hidden all over the place and you are going to jump out and yell "GOTCHA" soon, as the shock on my heart from that scare will do less damage than what is being done on it right now by your voting actions. For all of you who are still saying "take back our America" while holding your hand on your heart and saying those words you all hold dear " I pledge allegiance to the flag..." remember who wrote those famous words, yes, that's right, the one and only Francis Bellamy, and in case you did not know, he was a Christian SOCIALIST!!!
...twas the morn after the election and all through the state,
Folks were waking up to a big old mistake,
The ship they were on, I think they just sunk'er
Why the hell did they elect Archie BUNKER???????????????????

Yes Virginia, there is a Santa, and he is hiring, but save your resume, I am not sure he will hire a woman