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
Bump to that. She might as well have worn a white dress and had her date come as Ahab.
They don't actually tape it TO themselves. It's just duct tape on top of either duct tape or some light paper/fabric outline.
Bump for later reading......this may get good when the rest of the DU crowd shows up.
Excerpts from Kentucky.com (Knight-Ridder's Lexington Herald Leader site) on this issue:
...Now Duty is suing the school district in U.S. District Court in Lexington, saying the school district and administrators violated her First Amendment right to free speech and her right to celebrate her heritage. She also is suing for defamation, false imprisonment and assault. She plans as well to sue for actual and punitive damages in excess of $50,000.
Her lawyer said Duty lost many scholarships because she was portrayed as a racist after the incident. Duty's mother added that her daughter graduated near the top of her class in May.
...Word of Duty's plans made its way to principal Sean Howard, who called Duty the night before the prom and told her not to wear the dress, her lawyers said. Duty's mother, Max Duty, tried to talk to school officials about their decision but those talks went nowhere, Neal said.
...Duty said she was surprised by the school's reaction. The school's dress code does not address or mention Confederate symbols or the flag, the lawsuit said. "We've all worn Confederate flags to school before," she said.
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They are going to win this suit but there is no way they're making 50K for it. I bet the jury gives them a dollar.
is this near Hazzard County and does she drive a 69 Dodge
Charger?
I have met her dad at the re-inactment of the battle of Perryville. They do not have a '69 Charger (when I saw him he was on a grey horse), but probably have a whole lot more respect for those who fought under that flag than anyone on this forum could ever appreciate.
I thought it reinforced the stereotype of school principals having very small penes.
The hat?
What, all at once! Whoa, there pardner. You are implying just way too much!
Actually, I think he is her date, probably the star linebacker and a "reinactor" in the Blue/Gray Skirmishes. And mighty proud to be a Corporal, thank you.
hmmm...
I posted this picture on another FR thread this morning.
If the statement above about the principal only calling the girl the night before is true, and the description of the incident described in the link under this picture is also true; the principal is a jerk IMHO.
longjack
Look the girl can wear what she wants, but why do so many people here support her decision to do so? Many people in this forum tag the Democrats as traitors, but if you want an example of real traitors, look no further than the Confederacy.
Plotting against the US and its lawfully elected gov? Check.
Killing duly appointed US officials? Check.
Plotting with foreign powers against the US? Check.
Breaking oaths of allegiance to work against the interests of the nation? Check.
Now THAT'S treason.
Flame away Southerners, you know it's true.
Big but nice looking girl and the dress is nice.
Yes, she's a cute kid. Good grades, too.
Most likely just a nice kid, and there's a lot of other nice kids around,just like her.
She didn't need to be told the night before her prom that she couldn't wear the dress. A week before at least gives her a chance to do something else. Her date had a tux, flowers and dinner reserved, I'll bet.
Kids will almost always accept an adult's decision, even if they don't like it, if they are fair and they are subjectively explained. I don't think this decision by that principal met those parameters.
longjack
If he was historically accurate he would look half-starved, even if he was wearing a yankee uniform.
Excellent point!
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