Lesbian student in Mississippi fights to get photo of her in tuxedo in high school yearbook

[Imprtnrd]

BEE33 wrote:

<quoted text>Not in Scotland!

Yeah! Love them Scots that play the bagpipes and wear them kilts! And from the pics I've seen....no, they do not have undies on.=)

[BEE33]

ccrider wrote:

BEE33 wrote: "There was more denial, less freedom, less options for women of any kind, but especially to escape abuse, and lot more things swept under the rug that made it appear there was less crime. Yeah, gas was cheaper, but nobody wore seat belts. You need to think things through a little more thoroughly. "
I do agree with you on much of what you wrote. But in regard to less crime in '55, let's consider a few things:(1)there were less people then, less chance of crime (2) people could get away with not locking their doors (3) school shootings were unheard of (4) no bad influences of video games, music, music videos, etc.(5)more moms were at home to help raise the kids.....not somebody at a daycare like today.(6) prayer was still in many schools.

We had prayer in school when I was a kid. It was a waste of time and it really has no place in a public school system. Your nostalgia for stay at home mothers belies a highly sexist view. Nowadays IF a family can afford it, sometimes the father is the better parent to stay with the children, and economic reality leaves few families the option of a stay at home parent. You also neglect the way the rise in instant media makes things SEEM worse by bringing the ugly from every corner of the world right to your door step. And let's face it, America isn't able to dominate the world like it did then, much of the world was in ruins following the war and could not compete with our unscathed industrial structure. That disparity wasn't going to last forever anyway, but while other countries struggled to improve their lot, we became mindlessly cozy as a whole and allowed large corporations to govern by lobby.

[BEE33]

Imprtnrd wrote:

<quoted text>Yeah! Love them Scots that play the bagpipes and wear them kilts! And from the pics I've seen....no, they do not have undies on.=)

I guess there's something to be said for tradition after all.

[ccrider]

I do agree with some of your observations, BEE33. You seem to be quite knowledgable and intelligent.

[Ignorant Mississippian]

BEE33 wrote:

<quoted text>I say good for Mom. Why shouldn't a parent speak up for her school age child who is being discriminated against?

Good for mom? Why doesn't the child live with the mom then? She lives with her grandparents. There's more to this story than you see.

[u r absolutely right]

OmegaWolf747 wrote:

Her mother? Can't she speak for herself at this point in her life?
The whole American South is stuck in 1955.

Example: small town, Corning Arkansas, all they talk do is gay and black bashing. Backwards little town, in a backwards crooked county, in backwards Arkansas in the Backwards South. Go check it out. It'll turn your stomach the stuff they say. Reason I know this is that I grew up around there. It's the worst place I have ever been as far as intolerance and judgmental. They need to be educated. Ignorance is not always bliss.

[Gryph]

Imprtnrd wrote:

<quoted text>Yeah! Love them Scots that play the bagpipes and wear them kilts! And from the pics I've seen....no, they do not have undies on.=)

Its called being Regimental and nope they are as bare as the day they are born.

[Short Left Index Finger]

Don't go to the prom at all,that way you won't be alone in a room full of straight people.

[Short Left Index Finger]

Let everone get dressed as a girl,after all,fairies look better than pirates.

[SaltShaker]

ccrider wrote:

BEE33 wrote: "There was more denial, less freedom, less options for women of any kind, but especially to escape abuse, and lot more things swept under the rug that made it appear there was less crime. Yeah, gas was cheaper, but nobody wore seat belts. You need to think things through a little more thoroughly. "
I do agree with you on much of what you wrote. But in regard to less crime in '55, let's consider a few things:(1)there were less people then, less chance of crime (2) people could get away with not locking their doors (3) school shootings were unheard of (4) no bad influences of video games, music, music videos, etc.(5)more moms were at home to help raise the kids.....not somebody at a daycare like today.(6) prayer was still in many schools.

Let's not forget other things in '55....Segregation, lynchings, McCarthyism, rampant workplace sexism, poor environmental laws....