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On November 12 2010 12:47 ghen wrote:
Pre-drinks? 12 pages of arguing and no one is mentioning the real crime here. Or is 16 legal drinking age in that country?
same sex discrimination is being fought around the world. Another story, another day, another country. Whenever I get the chance I vote for freedom, but the chance rarely comes up so it will wait for the next generation probably.
I never saw anyone answer you, so I will! Legal drinking age is 16 but I'm hoping you looked it up right after you posted that. 
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On November 12 2010 16:19 overt wrote:Show nested quote +On November 12 2010 12:47 ghen wrote:
Pre-drinks? 12 pages of arguing and no one is mentioning the real crime here. Or is 16 legal drinking age in that country?
same sex discrimination is being fought around the world. Another story, another day, another country. Whenever I get the chance I vote for freedom, but the chance rarely comes up so it will wait for the next generation probably. I never saw anyone answer you, so I will! Legal drinking age is 16 but I'm hoping you looked it up right after you posted that.
No, 18 is the legal age to buy alcohol in Australia.
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It took me some time to read through the whole thread. Near the end are so many insults lol.
Anyways, I feel really bad everytime I read any article of this kind. This kind of intolerance is mindboggling to me. It's obvious they aren't hurting anyone yet there are people who would like nothing better than to forbid them being together.
Frankly I myself feel uncomfortable with the idea of man2man relationship but I also think it's normal for most not-gay people. That's where empathy comes in.
Can you imagine if someone didn't allow you to be with your loved one? I don't understand people opposing the idea of homosexuality. Can't you imagine yourself in that position?
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i dont think this is special treatment, the same rule went for my school, u cant take a 15 year old to the formal
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On November 12 2010 16:25 Shakes wrote:Show nested quote +On November 12 2010 16:19 overt wrote:On November 12 2010 12:47 ghen wrote:
Pre-drinks? 12 pages of arguing and no one is mentioning the real crime here. Or is 16 legal drinking age in that country?
same sex discrimination is being fought around the world. Another story, another day, another country. Whenever I get the chance I vote for freedom, but the chance rarely comes up so it will wait for the next generation probably. I never saw anyone answer you, so I will! Legal drinking age is 16 but I'm hoping you looked it up right after you posted that. No, 18 is the legal age to buy alcohol in Australia.
However, it is legal for minors to possess and drink alcohol on private property. They just can't be sold it or consume it at licensed venues.
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Things like this keep making me doubt USA being a civilized country. -.-
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On November 12 2010 23:38 Zoler wrote:
Things like this keep making me doubt USA being a civilized country. -.-
If you read the thing you would see that this is in Australia.
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On November 12 2010 23:43 pred470r wrote:Show nested quote +On November 12 2010 23:38 Zoler wrote:
Things like this keep making me doubt USA being a civilized country. -.- If you read the thing you would see that this is in Australia.
True, but he could just redirect his comment to the other story on page 1. :p
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On November 12 2010 23:38 Zoler wrote:
Things like this keep making me doubt USA being a civilized country. -.-
And people jumping to a conclusion about an entire country based on the action of a small group of people, who that country's media is criticizing makes me doubt that you could ever be convinced otherwise.
+ Show Spoiler +Not to mention that the country you are criticizing and the country in question are different. -.-
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On November 12 2010 23:38 Zoler wrote:
Things like this keep making me doubt USA being a civilized country. -.-
I love bigoted Europeans, they hide their own ignorance by bashing the USA.
BTW, the country in question is Australia.
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A lot of posts here saying how it was wrong for the school to not let them in becuase they were lesbians and I do wonder if anyone of you have tried to find out the schools point of view. It might suprise you to knew that the reason they weren't allowed to go there was becuase it was a dance for year 11 students and Savannah Supski was a year 10 student.
Ms Williams and her father have told Fairfax radio the decision discriminated against same-sex couples.
But school principal, Dr Heather Schnagl, denies that.
"The school is not discriminatory against same sex couples," she said.
"We are very very supportive, but the issue here is that it was a year 11 event and it was inappropriate to enable year 10s to attend."
She said Ms Williams was told to bring a male guest or come alone, although she would have been allowed to bring a year 11 girl if she wanted to.
Taken from http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/10/3062097.htm
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Was about to say at the end of the article it said that the event was for year 11's and the girlfriend was a year 10, its probably just a shit stirring article (unless younger guys were able to go).
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On November 13 2010 01:18 Carentino wrote:
A lot of posts here saying how it was wrong for the school to not let them in becuase they were lesbians and I do wonder if anyone of you have tried to find out the schools point of view. It might suprise you to knew that the reason they weren't allowed to go there was becuase it was a dance for year 11 students and Savannah Supski was a year 10 student
this has long been an excuse. they had some other ones too. none of them are legitimate.
I dont understand how people continue to buy that argument.
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People from outside the school could come even if they were younger or older, but only year 11 students from that school was allowed, and this was known before the event.
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In my HS ring dance, which is in 11th grade, you could invite anyone you want as a guest, any age, from any school =/
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On November 13 2010 01:29 red_b wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2010 01:18 Carentino wrote:
A lot of posts here saying how it was wrong for the school to not let them in becuase they were lesbians and I do wonder if anyone of you have tried to find out the schools point of view. It might suprise you to knew that the reason they weren't allowed to go there was becuase it was a dance for year 11 students and Savannah Supski was a year 10 student this has long been an excuse. they had some other ones too. none of them are legitimate. I dont understand how people continue to buy that argument.
I'm curious, since you sound so certain that they are lying, what do you feel puts you in a position to judge whether they are lying. Age restrictions, formal requirements and the like are not uncommon, but yet you somehow know that they school wasn't actually making use such rules, rather using them as an excuse to carry out another agenda. What gives you this insight? Surely, you know nothing of the school or the exact circumstances?
I'm wondering if you'd accept any reason for not allowing the lesbian couple to attend as honest. I'm can understand if you're suspicious, especially given the angle in which the story has been told to you, but I do not understand how you can be so sure.
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I don't know if the school is lying or not, but I am sure after what I read in this thread that no one or almost no one in here tried to learn the schools point of view before posting. For it being an excuse I can say that the 9th grade (age 15) dance in my school we had the same rules, we where not allowed to bring anyone from our school that went in another grade, but for people outside the school there was no real age or gender limit, exept if the age difference was very big (like 8 or 9 year older).
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Of course the school is not going to allow it. It took me all of a minute to find this,
About Our School
Our Mission
Ivanhoe Girls' aims to provide the best learning and teaching which, underpinned by the Christian philosophy, enables every girl to achieve her potential and to be a confident, optimistic and responsible citizen.
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All I have to say is that if a place has it's rules it has it's rules and whoever attends that place should accept and obey them. Just because she decided to make a decision to like the opposite gender doesn't mean they should have to bend their rules just for her. Who cares if their excuse is poor; IT'S THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEM/FORMAL. There's a lot of homosexuality now days and judging by the reads on this post (A lot of TLers support it). I for one, do not support it. However, I don't hate or descriminate towards the people who engage in such activities. It's almost like people are trying to make homosexuality a new way of life when it clearly isn't. Two humans have "the right" to do whatever they will with their body with whomever they choose, yes. But, it's a choice and just because they made that choice doesn't mean that everyone HAS to support it. Also, here's a fact. When you go to the DPS to get your license and you mark your ethnicity; "Lesbian" or "Gay" is NOT an option to select from; so how do homosexuals claim descrimination?
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Because it is a private school and not funded by a goverment they make their own rules... =( now sadly this topic kinda sucks for the girls, but its the schools choice and its because they are a private school that this even occurred had this been a public school funded by a goverment this issue never would have been brought up , and yes sadly its a private school so they can do w/e they want even bigotry it sucks but that's life.
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