‘Father-daughter dance’ bill becomes law

Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2013-07-20 05:18

Article here. Excerpt:

'PROVIDENCE — Governor Chafee has decided to let a bill allowing “father-daughter dances” — and other gender-specific school events — become law without his signature, despite calls from more than a dozen women’s groups for a veto.

The legislation, introduced by Sen. Hanna M. Gallo, D-Cranston, in the wake of last year’s uproar over a father-daughter dance in that city, would permit “father-daughter” or “mother-son” events as long as “reasonable comparable activities” are provided for students of the opposite sex.

Last year, the Cranston school superintendent reinforced a ban against gender-limited events after the Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint on behalf of a single mother of a fourth grader at the Stadium Elementary School.'

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... this law will form the basis of permitting far more girls-only events than boys-only?

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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2013-07-20 14:02

do today's teen girls want to spend the entire evening dancing w/ their fathers? am I missing something?

maybe a joint father/daughter, mother/son dance, maybe. I doubt even less teen guys want to be seen with in public, much less dance the night away with their moms these days. 100 years ago? maybe.

isn't there some real bad stuff going down in every state that could use a governor's attention? wtf?

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Submitted by daveinga on Sat, 2013-07-20 23:40

Ha Ha. I agree with daveinga. No student wants to spend the evening at school with their parent.

Schools need to get out of this sort of stuff and stick to academics.

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Submitted by Kris on Mon, 2013-07-22 20:08