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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Officials opted to postpone the father-daughter dance at a school in Staten Island because it excludes other genders, claiming city policies forced them to scrap the tradition.
Some parents say being politically correct has gone too far. As for the disappointed girls at PS 65, they say they’ve been getting ready for the dance for months.
“I’ve got my shoes, I got my dress,” one student said.
“It’s really fun! I go with my dad, I see my friends,” Victoria Cugini said.
This year’s dance was supposed to be on Friday, right before Valentine’s Day, but the school’s principal directed the Parent-Teacher Association to reschedule it because of the Department of Education’s gender-neutral policy. It was originally put in place a year ago and requires school events to include all types of students and families.
Ugh, will this **** ever end? Democrats and Liberals are just ruining everything. Ridiculous.
Gender neutral? Kind of surprises me that the issue wasn't that some girls had no idea who and/or where their "daddy" was, so no one would be able to celebrate!
It is sad that a few want to destroy traditions like this in order to make a statement.
I wonder if boys and girls both attend the talk on menstruation now, so no one is left out, and of course the fathers and mothers both expected to attend that.
Ugh, will this **** ever end? Democrats and Liberals are just ruining everything. Ridiculous.
What is so silly about this is that many schools who have a Daddy-daughter dance also have a Mother-Son field day/sporting event later in the spring.
What about Daddy Donut breakfast at school?
What about Mothers for lunch at school?
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