Constance McMillen Update: Miss. School District Must Pay $81,000 in Legal Fees

Dan82 · Oct 26, 2010

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20020765-504083.html

It would have been cheaper to just let her take her girlfriend to the prom.

The Mississippi school district that canceled its senior prom rather than allow lesbian student Constance McMillen to bring her girlfriend will now have to pay her $81,000 for legal fees incurred when McMillen sued the Itawamba School District for violating her civil rights by canceling the prom.

A memo to students laid out the criteria for bringing a date to the prom, including the requirement that the person be of the opposite sex. McMillen responded by requesting in writing that her school, Itawamba County Agricultural High School, make an exception and allow her to bring her girlfriend. That was denied as was her request to wear a tuxedo to the prom.

The school cancelled the prom, scheduled for April 2...

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20020765-504083.html
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Charme · Oct 26, 2010

Sucks for the school. This'll be the cherry on top of the budget cut cake.

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