Footloose and gender-free
A Rhode Island school district decides that father-daughter dances are illegally sexist — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation
By The Week Staff | September 19, 2012
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he Cranston, R.I., school district had put the kibosh on traditional father-daughter dances and mother-son baseball games, arguing that they violate state gender-discrimination laws. The ACLU had filed a complaint from a single mother whose daughter was barred from a father-daughter dance, and upon review, the superintendent agreed with the complaint. Some parents disagree. This is "complete political correctness run amok," says GOP state Senate candidate Sean Gately.
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