Lesbian Students Stopped From Graduating

[WillParkinson]

Lesbian Students Stopped From Graduating

Two female high school students in Oklahoma are firing back at their school for refusing to let them graduate after discovering the two are a couple.

According to KWTV News, 18-year-old Melissa McKenzie said she was kicked out of Del City High School in Del City, Okla., at the beginning of the semester when the principal found out she was living with her girlfriend instead of her family. The principal then told her if she returned to her family's home, she would be welcomed back to school.

Kelsey Hicks (pictured), McKenzie's girlfriend, dropped out of school but wanted to finish her education so she could become a firefighter. Upon asking school leaders if she could return, she said they instead encouraged her to drop out.

"The principal will say 'Well, you're gay. You're not going to do anything with your life. You might as well just drop out now,'" Hicks said. "It's stuff to put you down that makes you want to drop out."

http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/11/15/Lesbian_Students_Stopped_from_Graduating/

[Lil Missy]

1. WTF??

[Skittles]

2. WTF

um......what??? Is Oklahoma in America?????

[babylonsister]

3. I'm so tired of the outright stupidity in this country. I hope these

women sue the entire school system. Who the hell are these people to make such judgments, on anyone? :grr:

[RetiredTrotskyite]

8. Oh, Didn't You Know?

Gawd is in the mix.

I am so sick of this ignorant bigoted crap, too. These young ladies have a right to attend school and obtain an education if they so desire. I applaud their wanting to get their high school diploma.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Wish I were her lawyer.

[ThomCat]

5. I hope this turns into one HELL of a lawsuit against this school

and this principal, and any teacher backing him up on this, gets fired for this.

[The Doctor.]

6. "The safety of our students is always the priority of Mid-Del Schools."

#&*$%&*%$!!!!!!!

God-Damned morons.

Unless they mean the girls' safety... then what they're saying about their school is even worse.

[Evasporque]

7. mouth hanging open....

stunning stupidity and callousness.

That Principal needs to be fired.

[donheld]

9. .

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :nuke: