Definately one of the most powerful things I've seen in awhile

This is a letter I stumbled upon online.  Whether or not you're pro-gay, I hope you find this moving.  It actually brought tears to my eyes.  It was published in "Letters to the Editor" in Valley News of White River, Vermont by Sharon Underwood.  Her e-mail, as far as I know, is 

sundervt@hotmail.com if you want to contact her.

Sunday, April 30, 2000
By SHARON UNDERWOOD
For the Valley News (White River Junction, VT)

"Many letters have been sent to the Valley News concerning the homosexual menace in Vermont. I am the mother of a gay son and I've taken enough from you good people.

I'm tired of your foolish rhetoric about the "homosexual agenda" and your allegations that accepting homosexuality is the same thing as advocating sex with children. You are cruel and ignorant. You have been robbing me of the joys of motherhood ever since my children were tiny.

My firstborn son started suffering at the hands of the moral little thugs from your moral, upright families from the time he was in the first grade. He was physically and verbally abused from first grade straight through high school because he was perceived to be gay.

Should girls be allowed to wear tuxes to prom? This girl thinks so

From prnewswire.com

CHICAGO,  April 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --  Little less than a year after a young Mississippi woman captured national headlines successfully challenging a local school policy that denied her ability to wear a tuxedo to a public high school prom, a Chicago area high school senior also successfully overturned such a discriminatory policy.   In a letter sent to Proviso Township School District on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, lawyers for Belinda Sanchez asked the school to reverse its decision to deny Ms. Sanchez the opportunity to attend the prom in a tuxedo, explaining that its decision violated Ms. Sanchez's constitutional rights.   The Proviso East High School prom is scheduled for later this month.  Ms. Sanchez lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois were informed late yesterday in a letter from the school's Superintendent that her request has now been granted.  

Ms. Sanchez wants to enjoy her senior prom with a group of friends.  She has been planning this night for her entire senior year.   In keeping with a school requirement that young women produce a photo of the dress they intend to wear, Ms. Sanchez met with Principal Milton Patch in March and notified him of her desire to wear a tuxedo.  She selected the outfit because she thought it best represented who she is and how she expresses herself.   Principal Hatch refused her request, saying that he didn't want a "sideshow" at what he described as "his" prom and suggesting that she might want to wear something "more revealing" than a tuxedo.