Cranston, Rhode Island school bans father-daughter and son-mother dances due to "a violation of stat

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[HR][/HR][quote](CBS/AP) CRANSTON, R.I. - School officials in the Rhode Island city of Cranston have ended their traditional father-daughter dances and mother-son ballgames, saying the activities are a violation of state gender discrimination law.

School Superintendent Judith Lundsten told the Providence Journal the move came in response to a complaint from a single mother, after her daughter was not allowed to attend a father-daughter dance.

The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to school officials on behalf of the mother.

Lundsten says school attorneys found while federal Title IX legislation banning gender discrimination exempts such events, Rhode Island law does not.

School Committee member Janice Ruggieri said she believes the school system can adjust and host "family dances" to accommodate all types of parenting situations.
the decision comes just seven months after Cranston school officials removed a prayer banner from an auditorium in Cranston High School West after a federal judge ruled on behalf of a lawsuit filed by an atheist student.

The city received a $173,000 bill for legal fees in that case.
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[trotskygrad]

seems a bit dickish that it had to come down to a lawsuit but I guess this is a step in the right direction.

(Think about LGBT couples)

[rrunyan]

The father-father-son dances were more fun anyway.

There were water balloons.

[IPK]

Ban Rhode Island from existance 2012 :suicide:

[Boba_Fett]

Cranston school dances already have a bad reputation anyway. Rumor is that a few guys filled tampons with alcohol and absorbed it into their blood to avoid the breathalyzer last year.
I'll let you guys figure out how.

[mac338]

How on science's blue earth is a father-daughter or mother-son dance gender discrimination?!

[RichardCQ]

[QUOTE=mac338;37713507]How on science's blue earth is a father-daughter or mother-son dance gender discrimination?![/QUOTE]

Some male children don't have female parents, some female children don't have male parents. A female child born to a single mother is naturally excluded from an event based on her gender, and the single mother is also similarly excluded based on her gender, thus gender discrimination.

[dass]

[QUOTE=mac338;37713507]How on science's blue earth is a father-daughter or mother-son dance gender discrimination?![/QUOTE]

We live in a very bubblewrappy world nowadays.

[Negrul1]

Make it a parent/child dance thingy?

[Soleeedus]

This is why I love living in Rhode Island.

[brianosaur]

[QUOTE=Negrul1;37714487]Make it a parent/child dance thingy?[/QUOTE]

yes, that way the fathers and mothers could hook up and make happy families

[No_Excuses]

[quote]School Committee member Janice Ruggieri said she believes the school system can adjust and host "family dances" to accommodate all types of parenting situations.[/quote]

Problem solved. Next!

[Ylsid]

this is a silly and excessive pursuit of political correctness

[SgtCr4zyGunz]

[QUOTE=Ylsid;37716372]this is a silly and excessive pursuit of political correctness[/QUOTE]

not when kids with a single parent of the wrong sex or gay parents are excluded.

[thisispain]

[QUOTE=dass;37713663]We live in a very bubblewrappy world nowadays.[/QUOTE]

lmao because getting rid of gender discrimination is wrapping the world in bubblewrap??

[Megafan]

[QUOTE=Ylsid;37716372]this is a silly and excessive pursuit of political correctness[/QUOTE]

it's political correctness gone mad!!