Fifteen years after The Randolph County school system in East Alabama made international headlines for refusing to let an interracial couple attend a High School Prom, a Franklin County system in West Alabama is attracting attention to refusing to let a lesbian student bring her girlfriend to next Spring's Prom. [*see update below] In 1994, Prinicipal Hulond Humphries refused the interracial couple in Wedowee, starting a battle that prompted the cancellation of the prom, an arson fire that destroyed the school, criminal charges and multiple lawsuits.
Now it's in Russellville where the Prom is the subject of an ACLU complaint and potential lawsuits. The school Board has cancelled the prom. The Franklin County Times is the local newspaper, but here's nothing in it so far about the controversy. They publish on Wednesday and Saturday, so perhaps in tomorrow's papers there will be a local story. The closest Daily is The Times Daily, but nada there either.
[*UPDATE: The Times Daily reports there's been a reversal. The couple WILL be allowed to attend.
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