From the Southeast Missourian

Legal action threatened over school prom policy

CAT Tracks Editor's Note:

As shown in Cairo School District Number One, the Scott County Central School District will readily find a legal firm that will accept their money to fight their case...for years and years and years. (Hey, give Robbins et al a call...they've got a client vacancy!)

My two cents...

This jail-house lawyer hereby offers the school district some free but sound advice. Scott County Central, you have three choices:

• Rescind your policy and allow same-sex couples to attend the prom...saving some shred of dignity. (You can always blame the "back-in-the-day" bigots for passing the long-existing BOE policy...you can be the "enlightened ones", bringing BOE policy into the 21st Century.)

• Cancel the prom.

• Fight to maintain your bigotry, pay the eager lawyers thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars, and, in the end, lose the case...along with your dignity and money. (You can soothe your bruised egos by blaming "outside agitators", the Feds, or those "Damn Yankees!")

Pick your poison!

Meanwhile, back in the Land of Lincoln...

...inching forward:

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