A team of Valley high schoolers and parents rally for a traditional prom that bans gays.

NBC 2's Paige Preusse reports how Sullivan High School says there's nothing legally they can do to allow it... several students and parents are taking matters into their own hands.

Several parents, students, and others who believe gays should be banned from the Sullivan High School prom met Sunday at the Sullivan First Christian Church.

"We don't agree with it and it's offensive to us," said Diana Medley.

Their idea is to create a separate...traditional prom.Students say there are several others from their high school who agree, but are afraid to take a stand.

"If we can get a good prom then we can convince more people to come and follow what they believe," said student Kynon Johnson.

And now they want everyone to know where they stand.

"We want to make the public see that we love the homosexuals, but we don't think it's right nor should it be accepted," said a local student.

But not all in the community think what they're doing is right.

"We shouldn't be condemning people, and that's what judgement is. Christ came to save the people not to condemn them."

Local man Jim Davis says we've all sinned...so why should gays be treated with less respect?

"Love them as a person. You don't have to love what they do, because the gays may not love all the mistakes you make," said Davis.

Diana Medley is a special education teacher in town. She doesn't believe anyone is born gay.

"I believe that it was life circumstances and they chose to be that way; God created everyone equal," said Medley.

"Homosexual students come to me with their problems, and I don't agree with them, but I care about them. It's the same thing with my special needs kids, I think God puts everyone in our lives for a reason," said Madley.

"'So the same goes for gays? Do you think they have a purpose in life?' No I honestly don't. Sorry, but I don't. I don't understand it. A gay person isn't going to come up and make some change unless it's to realize that it was a choice and they're choosing God," said Medley.

Several local pastors support the separate prom movement.

"Christians have always been prepared for a fight. Jesus gave us armor for the front, not the back; we're not running anymore," said Bill Phegley with Carlisle Church.

Others, on the other hand, think they're casting stones... instead of spreading love.

"The feeling of being loved and belonging is universal," said Davis.

WTF did i just read... please someone tell me this is fake lol.
If not, my advise would be just to surround the town with tanks, to make sure that none except the gay people living there can leave...and then burn the entire thing with Napalm...including the people. They are just a waste of oxygen and they should not be allowed to pass their genes to a future generation. lol

It's a public school - The End.


That being said, my child goes to a Christian school and there a few gay kids in that school. The straight kids don't care if they attend the dances. They're all friends.

are you insane?

Sadly, homophobia is still alive and well in some places.

i see that heterophobia is starting to kick in too...

Insanity is nothing more than Geniality without the success attached to it, so...maybe? ;)
And no, I was joking...i didn't mean it literally. I used a mix of satire, exaggeration, a little touch of sarcasm and absurd to make my point across... because that is how smart people make humor and express an idea at the same time. You just have to read between the lines :P

Where do you see that?

i c... just like any other group, besides whites, they can have their own prom, and have just as much fun... while i don't believe in religion, i think they should have the right to agree or disagree with whatever they want, without having to be napalmed by tanks...

do you only read 1 post on the forums at a time? do you read the whole forum, or just one or two posts on it?

Here is a very basic legal principle: "Your rights end where the rights of the other began". Their right to have their own prom ends when the right to not be discriminated or segregated of others begins.

SOUNDS GREAT!

Funny how most of the butt pirates I know are Christian....I managed a porn store for years...

You mentioned "heterophobia" kicking in and I asked you where. Is there a reason you can't be specific?

Perhaps you're talking about karieltheone's Napalm post? Yeah, that was uncalled for.

Hey hey don't get me into that one...lol I'm as straight as you can get so i doubt i could have heterophobia. I just have stupidity-phobia... So I am guessing i could not live in the town that the article mentions.

Diana Medley is a special education teacher in town. She doesn't believe anyone is born gay.

"I believe that it was life circumstances and they chose to be that way; God created everyone equal," said Medley.



and she's a freaking teacher ???

i don't believe they are born gay either, but has nothing to do with a god...

do you actually think people would go thru the hell gays go thru because they WANT to? that's rediculous!

Well, actually its a mix of things... there has to be a genetic pre disposition to be gay. In some cases that is all that is needed...so in many cases people ARE born gay, and that is fact, not a matter of believe. In some other cases the way someone is raise or certain life experiences can trigger the effect, but there has to be a pre existing genetic disposition....without it, those said life episodes would strike the individual in an other way, ergo... while they would leave a mark on the person but the resulting effect of said act will not be he becoming gay. That is also a fact.

I was just trying to figure out what moe was talking about, as he wouldn't be clear.

Going back to the subject, i still stand by this: Here is a very basic legal principle: "Your rights end where the rights of the other began". Their right to have their own prom ends when the right to not be discriminated or segregated of others begins.