Marc Hall gets to take his 'beau' to the ball
A judge in Oshawa, Ontario (Canada) has ruled that a gay high school student may take his boyfriend to a school ball, despite the objections of the school board.
Marc, a student at a Roman Catholic high school in Oshawa, had been forbidden to take his boyfriend to the ball because, in the words of the school board: "We do not discriminate against gay students, but we do not agree with a homosexual lifestyle". Such goobledegook! The school board was discriminating against a gay student by forbidding him from taking his boyfriend to the ball and any pretence that it was not doing so defies logic. The school board was simply too cowardly to admit what its real motives are.
Judge McKinnon, in giving his ruling, saw through the school board's homophobia for what it is, and said that Marc may take his boyfriend to the ball. He gave his ruling just a few hours before the ball was due to take place and, for good mesaure, forbade the school from cancelling the ball. Way to go!
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