Students Party On School’s Lawn After Lesbian Banned From Prom

Posted by Kevin Farrell on May 15, 2012 in Separation of Church & Prostate | 13 comments

Hope Decker and her (promless) prom date.

Last year was very much the prom season of same-sex couple named prom king and queen, in which we saw dozens of schools buck generations of discrimination by electing their LGBT peers to prom royalty.

This year is shaping up to take a turn in a decidedly different direction.

A Lexington Catholic High School student claims she was barred from prom because she planned to bring a date of the same sex.

Hope Decker, 18, told LEX 18 administrators sat her down Friday and told her she could not attend with her girlfriend, Tiffany Wright, who is also a student at the school.

“What I experienced in the Dean’s Office was blatant homophobia,” said Hope Decker, a senior at the school. “We were told that this school has catholic principles and so they couldn’t let it happen.”

But when Hope and her date weren’t allowed entry into the school for prom, the ladies and all of their pals decided to skip the homophobic formal and just rock out in their fancy threads on the schools front lawn instead.

And that’s what friends are for!

Shame on Lexington Catholic for openly discriminating against both a child in their care and a paying customer. Hope’s parents shelled out close to $10,000 per year in tuition, and they couldn’t afford to let her sully the hallowed prom dance floor with her deviant lesbian heels? 10,000 clams buys a whole lot of purifying frankincense and myrrh!

Absolutely ridiculous.

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Hope Decker and her (promless) prom date.

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http://twitter.com/sovereignhope Sovereign

They look so adorable together! how could anybody deny them access to the prom? (Granted, anybody should be able to go regardless of adorableness, but just look at those smiles!)
Joey Willoughby

The guidelines of the Catholic Church… So they can’t let a homosexual couple that care about each other go to the prom, because that’s an abomination, but if the male staff decides to rape every boy in the school, their covered….

http://twitter.com/DarklyDivine Serenity

I know, right!? Pisses me off! Then when a priest is found out about being a child/sex abuser, they hide it and deny it ever happened and ship him off to another church for a new batch of kids!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001862032605 Tyana M Washington

I’m Catholic and I disagree with what has happened at this Lexington school. But your tactic of fighting ignorance with ignorance and summing up the Catholic Church as a whole is in itself quite offensive and a tad bit immature.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Charles-Stearns/100001316360952 Charles Stearns

If you don’t wish to be part of a homophobic organization that facilitates and covers up the rape of children, then leave the Catholic Church. The filth goes all the way to the top, and they have shown, quite clearly, they have no intention of changing their bigotry and hatred.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001862032605 Tyana M Washington

I have absolutely no intention of leaving the Catholic Church because my church needs people like me; tolerant and hopeful for change. However you are entitled to your opinion and I can appreciate that.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Heather-Nicole-Atkins/1073152405 Heather Nicole Atkins

This straight up pisses me off. I have several homosexual friends and many of them are some of the sweetest people I know. Someone’s sexuality does not determine their personality or behavior. I know so many heterosexual people who are complete assholes and do all sorts of stupid, bad bullshit. The fact is, this school should not be allowed to discriminate. They claim to believe in equality, but they clearly see in black and white. Shame on the administrative staff of this school! Homosexuality has been around as long as heterosexuality. For those Bible Thumpers who claim it is unnatural, get your damn facts straight and just look around. Numerous animal species engage in all different kinds of sexuality. As long as the relationship is good and healthy, why the hell does it matter if it consists of boyxgirl, girlxgirl, boyxboy, or whatever? The fact that they are using religion to discriminate against these girls is disgraceful. Of course, it wouldn’t be the first time from the Church. It breaks my heart when I see couples and individuals like them treated so nastily and as if they are dirty and disgusting creatures. Stop trying to break their spirits! It is wrong! I really hope this changes within my lifetime. It truly is horrendous, all of this hate…
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=695247370 Mary Park-Smith

Ridiculous, and I hope the kids on the lawn had a blast. Bet they are a more fab group of frends, anyway!I caqnnot believe anyone should even have to have a date. My daughters went to prom with a huge group of girls and had a blast!
Anonymous

So… I’m not homophobic although most people reading this won’t believe it. My mom is a lesbian and she is incredible. Anyway, doesn’t matter. Bottom line is that high school girls like attention, gay or straight. My opinion is that at least one of these girls is just doing this for attention. If only one is truly homosexual, I feel sorry for her. If they both are, then I’m wrong and everyone can hate me. But there were girls that claimed to be homosexual when I was in high school that are now married with children and the whole thing was just a ploy for attention. I support homosexuals… not posers. I need more evidence.

http://www.facebook.com/boobookittyfc Desere Perrella-Olson

the point isnt whether or not they are really lesbians the point is that she was told she coudlnt attend the prom with her same sex prom date. you missed the whole point of the article.
http://www.facebook.com/boobookittyfc Desere Perrella-Olson

and besides, why would anyone pretend to be homosexual if they even had the slightest idea they would be denied access to their senior prom? think about things before you speak.

Anonymous

I thought about it. People have a range of motivations for their behaviors. I’ll trust that you’re smart enough to think of some reasons why someone would live as a gay person even if they aren’t (to be different, curious, mistreated by men/women, etc…). The reasons don’t have to be rational. There is a reason why you can’t vote until you’re 18. Please think before you scold someone for not thinking.
I understood your comment about how I didn’t get the point of the article. More likely I didn’t address that issue because what sense does it make to go to a Catholic school and then act like their beliefs don’t exist. I wouldn’t go to a Jewish temple and complain that they don’t want me to wear a big Jesus cross. And I wouldn’t go to a Catholic (or any other christian) school and complain that they won’t let me take my lesbian lover to the prom. There is no news here… Catholics (and most religions) don’t approve of the homosexual lifestyle. Alert the press.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001003614127 Angela Stanczak

Well, since they’re a private school, technically they can do what ever they would like. It sucks, it’s wrong, but that’s that.
Don’t send your kids to private school.

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