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Posted on 12/20/2004 3:09:38 PM PST by DixieOklahoma
SCV supports Jaqueline Duty Confederate Prom Dress Lawsuit to be filed in Federal court in Lexington, KY
Press Release - December 17, 2004 - For Immediate Release
This past May Jacqueline Duty, an attractive honor student in Russell, Kentucky, prepared to attend prom night wearing a special dress she had designed herself. It was a classically cut strapless sheath, ankle-length with a shallow slit on one side, and sewn completely out of beaded sequins. And it tastefully incorporated a symbol of her Southern heritage; a Confederate Battle Flag turned upwards so that the starry blue arms of the St. Andrew’s Cross appeared to lay across the dress as a sash would.
What was supposed to be a most special night turned to horror, though, as her civil rights were grossly violated by the school principal, who prevented Jacqueline from even getting out of her car, yelled at her, threatened her and had police force her away simply for expressing pride in her Southern heritage.
“ ‘Justice and equality for all’ includes Southerners”, said Don Shelton, spokesman for the Kentucky Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans. “The support we provided for Castorina v. Madison County School Board helped make that point abundantly clear with the ruling made by the federal 6th circuit court. The support we’re providing for Jacqueline Duty should convince school systems that civil rights for Southern students is still a serious issue.”
The Kentucky Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans is offended by school administrators who think that Southern students don’t have the same constitutional rights as others. The SCV is aware of a number of school situations in Kentucky where the civil rights of Southern students are being violated by fiat or policy. Our message to school administrators is to obey the law and respect the rights of all students or face the inevitable legal consequences. Our message to the students and parents is that help is available. For more information go to www.kyscv.org.
The suit will be filed 1 p.m. Monday, December 20th at the federal courthouse in Lexington, KY. There will be a press conference at that time on the courthouse steps.
For further information contact:
Don Shelton Kentucky Division, SCV Heritage Defense Chairman
(859) 885-3248
(859) 396-4308
sheltonreb@qx.net
www.kyscv.org/heritage.htm
This brings the total plaintiffs in the case to 3 I believe. The Southern Legal Resource Center (SLRC), The Kentucky division Sons of Confederate Veterans, and of course the lovely lady wearing the dress in question
What a stupid lawsuit. Principals should be able to send home anyone who shows up dressed inappropriately for a school function, too bad that action isn't taken more often. Whatever happened to common sense?
The irony is that this stunt reinforces the stereotype of the Dixie-fanatics being a bunch of obsessed and wound-too-tight goofballs.
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Yeah, those are pretty stupid, too. If her prom was full of this, then I guess she has a gripe. When I was in high school we were all in black tuxes and stylish dress, with colored bow ties and cumberbunds the only major variations, other than a few bitter cranks, who I guess would be goths these days.
But then most of us also had taste and took pride in our appearance, instead of wearing scruffy rags, plumber's crack fall-down pants, and greasy wakeup hair.
IMHO the young lady needs supported in this. Some of the FReepJerks need to relook their reasons for being on Free Republic. Seems like the libs are invading here more than ever.
Yer funny, Yank!
What if the dress had and RNC republican eliphant theme? Would this publik skuul principle have banned that too?
What if her dress had a large cross on the side?
What if her dress had written Merry Christmas?!
Yep the sh*tfilter seems to be down the last few days.....:o)
She's not wearing the confederate flag or any other flag for that matter. She is wearing a dress. A dress designed with the concept of the flag in mind. Does the confederate flag also have all that glitter? Of course not. For Pete's sake, if wearing clothes that reminds you of a flag is considered to be desecrating the flag, then every 4th of July you must go completely mad.
he was a colonel when he did the coup and didn't want to be a general because that would be too 'upper class' whilst colonels were 'people's officers'
Personally, I think it's a beautiful dress.
Have to agree. For such a, um, robust girl, red is not a good color.
Chubby girls do tend to try harder.....
While I find it extremely regrettable that Sharon Osborne reproduced.
Where's Charles Darwin when you need him?
If we practice the same degree of reverence and respect to the flag of the 13 southern states, than this gown is a violation of flag protocol, and in fact has the effect of defaming southern heritage, by defaming the flag and letting it touch the ground, etc (for displaying my confederate flag, I observe the same protocol for it as is expected for the US flag.....
people's officers my minimal derriere! They're still a commissioned officer--elites in the military of any country. Why not Command Sgt. Mjr. Qaddaffi...
I didn't say there was any logic to it.
Do they use acetone to take the duct tape attire off?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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