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"Fake Prom" Controversy

"Fake Prom" Controversy : Artifact
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The "Constance Quit Yer Cryin" Facebook page

A Facebook page created to bash Constance McMillen, the lesbian victim of a "fake prom" joke, has turned into a steady stream of support

 
"Fake Prom" Controversy : Best Column
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Mississippi's prom outrage: An echo of desegregation

The parents who allegedly tricked lesbian Constance McMillen into attending a "fake prom," argues AlterNet's Angela C. Stuesse, are part of a sad state tradition

 
"Fake Prom" Controversy : Opinion Brief
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Mississippi outrage: 'Fake proms' for lesbians

Local parents duped Constance McMillen — the lesbian who'd won the right to attend her prom — into attending a fake event. Is Fulton, MS, the "meanest town in America"? 

 
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