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 Judge Orders HS To Allow Lesbian Couple At
Prom
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
Posted: March 31, 2008 - 5:00 pm ET
(Scottsboro, Alabama) Lauren Martin and
girlfriend Chelsea Overstreet danced the night way on Saturday, but their big
prom night at Scottsboro
High School almost didn't happen.
Overstreet, 17, a junior, and Martin, 16, a sophomore at the school, were
told by the school they could not go to the prom as a couple.
With the help of attorney Parker Edmiston, they
went to court.
On Saturday, just hours before the big dance, Circuit Judge John Graham of
Stevenson issued an order prohibiting the school barring the teens.
Graham citied the 1984 federal Equal Access law
which has been successfully used to fight on behalf of LGBT student
groups.
Outside the court Edmiston and the mothers of the
two teens praised the ruling.
"It was a big letdown" for the girls,
being told they could not go to the dance, Martin's
mother, Connie Farrington, told reporters.
Both parents said the girls would not be speaking
with reporters, and the media was not allowed into the prom.
But teens who were at the event said that
Overstreet wore her prom dress while Martin wore a tuxedo.
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