{"id":36835,"date":"2016-05-02T16:20:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T20:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/aclu-demands-calif-high-school-allow-lesbian-couple-to-run-for-prom-king-queen\/"},"modified":"2016-05-02T16:20:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T20:20:45","slug":"aclu-demands-calif-high-school-allow-lesbian-couple-to-run-for-prom-king-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/aclu-demands-calif-high-school-allow-lesbian-couple-to-run-for-prom-king-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"ACLU Demands Calif. High School Allow Lesbian Couple to Run for Prom King, Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>ACLU Demands Calif. High School Allow Lesbian Couple to Run for Prom King, Queen<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lack.Haley_.png?resize=480%2C273\" alt=\"Lack.Haley\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lack.Haley_.png?w=768 768w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lack.Haley_.png?resize=300%2C171 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Lack.Haley_.png?resize=150%2C84 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/04\/lesbian-teens-california-fight-right-prom-queen-queen\/\">we told you<\/a> how a high school in Redding, California, was refusing to allow a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a>&nbsp;to be nominated as&nbsp;prom king and queen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bartow.Jim_.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Bartow.Jim\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bartow.Jim_.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bartow.Jim_.jpg?w=400 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\">Jim Bartow (right), the principal of Foothill High School, stated that allowing&nbsp;two <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girls<\/a> to serve as&nbsp;prom king and queen&nbsp;would amount to gender discrimination in violation of federal law.<\/p>\n<p>But Haley Lack (above) and her <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girlfriend<\/a> fought back, and now they&rsquo;re getting some help from the ACLU of Northern California, which is demanding that the school change&nbsp;its policy.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclunc.org\/docs\/20160502-aclu-FHS-letter.pdf\">a letter to Bartow<\/a> dated Monday, ACLU senior staff attorney Elizabeth Gill wrote:<\/p>\n<div title=\"Page 2\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Students have a recognized free expression right to bring same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> dates to the prom, and that right extends to running for prom king and queen. As a federal court in Mississippi found more than five year ago, &ldquo;this expression and communication of her viewpoint [bringing a same- sex date to prom] is the type of speech that falls squarely within the purview of the First Amendment.&rdquo;1 The expression courts have found inherent in bringing a same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> date to the prom&mdash;the expression of a sexual orientation, the statement of equality for same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a>, and the challenge to traditional gender roles&mdash;is no less true of a student and her <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">female<\/a> prom date seeking the titles of prom king and queen. If anything, it would only amplify all these messages for the same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> to seek and potentially win prom king and queen.<\/p>\n<p>It is also plainly illegal under applicable law&mdash;the U.S. Constitution, the California Constitution, and the California Education Code&mdash;to discriminate against students based on sexual orientation.2 The nomination form for prom king and queen allows students to nominate <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a>, and it is our understanding that different-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> are often nominated for and elected prom king and queen. To prohibit same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> from engaging in an activity regularly allowed different-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> is discrimination based on sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>The prom, where students will vote on king and queen, is set for Saturday, and Gill is demanding a response from Bartow by Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/05\/aclu-demands-calif-high-school-allow-lesbian-couple-run-prom-king-queen\/\">ACLU Demands Calif. 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High School Allow Lesbian Couple to Run for Prom King, Queen Last week, we told you how a high school in Redding, California, was refusing to allow a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a>&nbsp;to be nominated as&nbsp;prom king and queen. Jim Bartow (right), the principal of Foothill High School, stated that allowing&nbsp;two <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">girls<\/a> to serve as&nbsp;prom &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/aclu-demands-calif-high-school-allow-lesbian-couple-to-run-for-prom-king-queen\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ACLU Demands Calif. 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