The Wyoming high school that used police to remove two girls from a homecoming dance has changed its policy on same-sex couples.
On Sept. 12, Amanda Blair, a senior at Big Piney High School, decided to ignore the warnings of school officials, who said same-sex dates were not allowed to dances, and took a friend as her date. When Blair and her date arrived at the dance, local police officers kicked them out without explanation.
While Blair says she is heterosexual, she turned to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in order to help lesbian and gay students in her district bring dates to future school dances.
"It's really sad that this is the kind of attitude that lesbian and gay students at my school will face when they want to bring a date to a school dance," she told the ACLU.
In November the ACLU sent the school a letter citing Fricke v. Lynch, a 1980 federal case in Rhode Island where a judge ruled bringing a same-sex date is protected free expression.
On Tuesday, the Sublette County School District agreed with the ACLU's claim, announcing that same-sex couples will no longer be excluded from school dances.