PLUS: Lesbian teen sues to reinstate canceled prom, atheists trade porn for Bibles, more
Selling 'Sexts' --
An eighth-grade boy from
Massachusetts may face child pornography charges after he sold nude pictures of
his girlfriend for $5 apiece.
The girl, also in eighth grade,
took the pictures herself and sent them to her boyfriend via her cell phone—an
all-too-common practice that's become known as "sexting." About one of every
five youth admit to having sent or received risqué photos via text, and
sometimes these photos can spread far beyond their intended scope. But it's
rare that a recipient would sell photos to his friends. And, because money
apparently changed hands over these underage photos, the consequences could be
quite severe.
"Technology used for the wrong
purpose can be dangerous and potentially illegal," said George Entwistle,
superintendent for the school the two eighth-graders attend. (
New York Daily
News)
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All Dressed Up ... --
A
Mississippi girl wants to escort her girlfriend to prom in a tux, and she's
suing her school district to make it happen.
Several
weeks ago the girl, 18-year-old Constance McMillen, asked the Itawamba County
Board of Education to reverse its prohibition against same-sex couples going to
prom together. The request was accompanied by a threat that, if it didn't, she
and the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi would file suit. McMillen
gave the board until March 10 to make up its mind.
On March
10, the board did just that—canceling prom altogether. In a statement, the
board expressed its desire that, perhaps, someone in the community could craft
a private event in lieu of prom.
A day
later, McMillen—again with help from the ACLU—filed suit to force the district
to reinstate prom. "Constance is just a courageous person," said Christine Sun,
senior counsel for the ACLU's LGBT Project. "Certainly it's not easy for her.
The school ha put her in an extremely difficult position, unfairly." (
ABC News)
Atheists for XXX --
The Atheist
Agenda, a student-run group at the University of Texas-San Antonio, traded
Bibles for pornography earlier this month as part of its "Smut for Smut" drive.
Members of
the atheist group believe that the Bible and other religious texts are worse
than pornography, believing religion is the source of most of the world's ills.
But it also serves as a bold discussion starter and a drive to draw new
members.
"It's an icebreaker to get people talking
about these things," said 18-year-old Bradley Lewis, who plans to join the
group. (
San Antonio Express-News)