“A Mississippi school board has canceled a high school prom after a lesbian student challenged its policy banning same-sex dates. The school board in Itawamba County in northeast Mississippi announced the decision Wednesday. Itawamba County Agricultural High School officials had told 18-year-old senior Constance McMillen last month she could not attend the prom with her girlfriend, a fellow student, and could not wear a tuxedo …. She took her case to the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, which called on school officials on March 2 to reverse their decision and asked for a response by Wednesday …” (03/10/10)