You know that saying, "If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas." Well if you go to a religious school you have to follow their rules!
Senior Emily Wright was just weeks away from graduating.LGBTQ NationBy Greg Owen TuesdayMay 20, 2025A Christian school in Georgia has forced a student to withdraw for bringing a transgender date to prom, just weeks before the senior was scheduled to graduate.North Cobb Christian School in the Atlanta area recently held their prom off campus. But 10 days later, the principal called senior Emily Wright into their office.“I was asked, ‘Is there anything we should know about the guest you brought to prom?’ Emily told Fox 5 News. “And I knew exactly what they were talking about, so I said, ‘Yes, he’s transgender.”Her mother Tricia continued: “I got a call from the principal who said, ‘Ms. Wright, I’ve been informed that Emily brought a transgender guest to prom. Were you aware of that?’ I said yes. She said, ‘Well, I’m sorry, Ms. Wright.”With that, Emily was forced to withdraw from the school.
Now she might have a case... but it is an iffy case...
The Wrights are still in shock. North Cobb Christian School won’t comment on the decision.“It was off property. I did sign a form allowing her to bring a guest,” said Emily’s mom. The only limitation on the form was related to the guest’s age, she said.Nothing in the school’s prom guidelines or the student code of conduct explicitly states LGBTQ+ individuals are not allowed to attend events, she told Atlanta News First.“I feared this might happen,” said Tricia, but she thought the worst that could happen would be Emily’s removal from the dance.“I cried very hard. I was just thinking that my entire future was in jeopardy,” Emily said. “‘Where am I going to go to school? Where am I going to graduate?'”
That might be the key to getting her diploma, there was nothing in the school code of conduct about it so that might give them some leverage.
But religious schools are exempt from discrimination laws! So I don't like it especially if they are getting public funding but the courts have over and over said that religious schools can discriminate!
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