I Loved You Yesterday, but Today...

By now you may have heard of Constance McMillen, the Mississippi teenager who was told that she couldn't bring her girlfriend to the prom. When Constance went to the ACLU for help, and the media got wind of the story, the school cancelled the prom "due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events". While the courts have decided that the school violated Constance's First Amendment Rights, they also ruled that the school couldn't be forced to hold a prom. Luckily a group of parents are arranging a private prom.

After hearing Constance's story, Derrick Martin, of Cochran, GA, decided to get permission to take his boyfriend to his prom. In this case, the school said okay, but sadly his parents, upset by the media attention, have kicked their son out of the house.


I just don't understand how someone can love their child one day for who they are, but as soon as a label is put on them, suddenly they're not the same person? You can't love your child because of who they love? It's just so sad.