A lesbian high school couple in northern California claims they have been discriminated against after being informed that they are not eligible to run to be prom king and queen.
Foothill High School in Palo Cedro, near Redding California, has a policy that the king must be a male and the queen a female. Couples are certainly eligible to run, but the boy and girl must win each position individually.
Haley Lack, a senior at Foothill, believes this is unfair discrimination against her and her girlfriend, Jenna Waite, who would like to run as a couple and began a petition to get the policy changed.
oothill’s principal, Jim Bartow, explained the school’s policy: “This was a decision made to promote gender equality, not heterosexuality. Having two prom queens would be unfair to the boys. It’s got to be equal for both genders, and that’s what it’s all about.”
“We have never nominated couples,” he elaborated in an email to the Record Searchlight. “Many times a ‘couple’ will get chosen as king and queen if the boy gets the most votes and his girlfriend does as well. It does not often happen that way.”
Bartow noted that that Lack and Waite are each eligible to run for prom queen.
http://www.westernjournalism.com/lesbian-high-school-couple-cries-foul-over-ineligibility-for-prom-king-and-queen/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=CampaignMonitor&utm_content=featured-stories&utm_campaign=DailyEmail05.03.16
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