Posted by Bob Janova at 8:27am Mar 12 '10That's just insane.
She'd have had enough pressure from the other students not to make a big scene about it anyway. Sure, it might make some people uncomfortable â but there isn't a universal right not to be made uncomfortable. (Otherwise I would have religious street preachers and Jehovah's Witnesses banned :p.) The analogy with racial segregation is a good one.
The only thing that the school has a leg to stand on over is the dress code ... if you're going to have a dress code for an event that's sex-linked there isn't a good reason why you should make an exception to that for a lesbian.
She'd have had enough pressure from the other students not to make a big scene about it anyway. Sure, it might make some people uncomfortable â but there isn't a universal right not to be made uncomfortable. (Otherwise I would have religious street preachers and Jehovah's Witnesses banned :p.) The analogy with racial segregation is a good one.
The only thing that the school has a leg to stand on over is the dress code ... if you're going to have a dress code for an event that's sex-linked there isn't a good reason why you should make an exception to that for a lesbian.
what - Bob Janova