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Teen sues over Confederate flag prom dress

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A teenager is suing her eastern Kentucky school district for barring her from the prom for wearing a red dress styled as a large Confederate flag.

School officials called Jacqueline Duty's homemade dress too controversial and kept her out of Russell High School's May 1 prom.

Duty's federal lawsuit claims the Russell Independent Board of Education violated her First Amendment right to free speech and her right to celebrate her heritage. She also is suing for defamation, false imprisonment and assault.

"Her only dance for her senior prom was on the sidewalk to a song playing on the radio," said her lawyer, Earl-Ray Neal.

Whatever. I've never understood how people can be proud of the fact their forefathers not only committed treason, but did so in order to preserve an oppressive institution. At my prom, girls got kicked out for wearing dresses that were too revealing. The logic was that such attire was inappropiate. I'm sure the same logic can be applied here.

*update*
Wait a minute! She's from Kentucky! Kentucky wasn't even in the CSA. What heritage is she even talking about then?