{"id":15589,"date":"2012-09-18T15:05:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T19:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15589"},"modified":"2012-09-18T15:06:17","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T19:06:17","slug":"doesnt-anyone-have-any-common-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15589","title":{"rendered":"Doesn’t Anyone Have Any Common Sense ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s Providence Journal<\/a> reported that a mother who is a single parent<\/a> contacted the ACLU because her daughter was not able to attend a father-daughter dance the school was having. The Cranston<\/a> School Department has now banned traditional “father-daughter” and “mother-son” activities, saying they violate state law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Supt. Judith Lundsten said the move was triggered by a letter ifrom the American Civil Liberties Union<\/a> on behalf of a single mom who had complained that her daughter had not been able to attend her father-daughter dance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lundsten said school attorneys found while federal Title IX<\/a> legislation banning gender discrimination<\/a> gives an exemption for “father-son<\/a>” and “mother-daughter” events, Rhode Island<\/a> law doesn’t.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the place where common sense would be useful. One of my daughters is a military wife. When her daughter’s school had a father-daughter dance at a time when my son-in-law was in Afghanistan<\/a>, another father who was going with his daughter simply stepped in and added my granddaughter to his family for the night. I think rather than rain on everyone else’s parade, the answer would be to find a male friend willing to stand in for the night. Why did this single parent feel the need to spoil the fun for the other children and parents?<\/p>\n

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