We’re in the 21st century. Society as a whole has come to accept, if not completely agree with, many things that at one time or another would have seemed completely impossible.

Five states allow for same-sex marriages and many others recognize “civil unions” to some extent. President Obama, he himself holding an office no one thought they’d ever see an African-American hold is opposed to same-sex marriage, but supports the full civil unions and the rights that come with them. All that to preface the fact that a school district in Mississippi is going to ruin a high school tradition like the senior prom for an entire school, over their views on same-sex couples. It saddens me that by standing behind a statement saying they would not host the prom “due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events.”

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