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Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Texas idiots. Seriously, can we just give Texas back to Mexico? (link)
(AP) -- A homecoming tradition in which boys dress like girls and vice versa in a tiny Texas school district won't be held Wednesday after a parent complained about what she regarded as the event's homosexual overtones.

As a substitute for "TWIRP Day," the schools ranging from elementary to senior high decided to hold "Camo Day" -- with black boots and Army camouflage to be worn by everyone who wants to participate.

TWIRP, which stands for "The Woman Is Requested to Pay," was hosted by Spurger schools for years during Homecoming Week -- to give boys and girls a chance to reverse social roles and let older girls invite boys on dates, open doors and pay for sodas.

Plano-based Liberty Legal Institute issued a news release Tuesday reporting that it "came to the aid of a concerned parent" over an "official cross-dressing day" in the school district 150 miles northeast of Houston....

Delana Davies, 33, said she complained after reading a school notice about "TWIRP Day." Davies, whose 9-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter attend Spurger Elementary, said she viewed the day not as a silly Homecoming Week activity, but rather something related to homosexuality.

"It's like experimenting with drugs," Davies said. "You just keep playing with it and it becomes customary. ... If it's OK to dress like a girl today, then why is it not OK in the future?"
Crossdressing ---> homosexuality ---> drug use. Idiot. I would guess that out of all the years this school has had this tradition, not a single person became a cross-dresser because of it. And cross-dressing has nothing to do with being gay or straight. And why wouldn't having girls dress up in camo and black boots--traditionally male garb--turn the girls into Mary Cheney loving lesbians? Aren't Republicans the ones who bitch about "frivolous lawsuits"?
(kudos to Heidi for the link)

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