Long Island Catholic School Bans Gay Couples From Prom
Parents: Don’t send gay children to Catholic School
Maybe they will schedule an “alternate prom” like the bigot parents in Fulton, Mississippi did to Constance McMillen.
While a gay student was voted Prom King in Pennsylvania last weekend, some NYC-area schools are still uncomfortable with allowing same-sex couples to attend prom together. St. Anthony’s Catholic High School in Long Island has barred a lesbian student from bringing her ex-girlfriend to prom as her date. “We thought it would send a mixed message to OK her request,” Brother Gary Cregan, principal of the school, told MSNBC.
Angelina Lange went so far as to request permission from officials at the co-ed, Roman Catholic school in South Huntington, but Cregan explained: “Our Catholic faith specifies that marriage involve a man and a woman, and our policies on dating must reflect that. We mean no malice or disrespect.” You can read a long, in-depth article about the whole situation at the Long Island Press.
