Real Life Footloose!
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An Ohio teen has been suspended from his private Christian high school for attending his girlfriend's prom at a public high school.
Heritage Christian School, a strict fundamentalist Baptist school, forbids dancing, and had warned 17-year-old Tyler Frost that he would face suspension and be disinvited to graduation if he attended the high school dance.
But he followed his heart instead and went to prom.
Frost didn't attend school today, Monday. Instead he and his girlfriend headed to New York for a TV interview.
Dance on!!!
Now This Is DIVA! Beyonce Has Too Much Junk For A Trunk
Sperminated!
Used to be this kind of thing was shameful and induced suicides in fragile teens. Now you just get to be on TV!!
GOD!!!
MORE PATHETIC
HYPOCRITICAL RELIGIOUS PEOPLE
THEY NEED TO BE BURNT AT THE STEAK.
PATHETIC
OOOH, THEY WERE DANCING!!! HOW SINFUL
MORONS
Catch up with the times, Perez. This was on so many other sites earlier today.
But other than that; it's a shame.
6 degrees of fundamentalist nut jobs.
Yea I live near all of this and the radio stations even made their own version of Footloose about this kid. I think the school went too far and shouldnt suspend the kid for dancing
nice
YEAHH!!!!
THEy must've had a GOOD PROM!!
Lucky…..
WTF? I have been to a Catholic prom that forbid you to slow dance but this is ridiculous! What is wrong with dancing? Is God going to strike you dead for it or not let you into heaven? I think not!
wait, they FORBID dancng…….and its a baptist school??? WTF??? I DON'T think that Dancing is not allowed in the BIBLE????!!!!!!!!!!! WTF???????!!!!!!
WOw, DANCE ON!!
God isnt real.
So many uptight people. So unnecessary. I'm glad I don't live close to the types - the crazy religious zealots.
Rules, rules, rules. If you break rules you get dethroned or expelled.
Why go to school there if you don't like what they preach.
He signed the contract and he broke the rules. It's only fair. My school had something similar (though dancing wasn't on the contract, smoking and drinking were). He knew going into this what his punishment would be, and so did his parents. They can't be upset about it now, they knew what they were getting into. And it's a private school, they can make up any rules they want, as long as the students aren't harmed.
If they didn't require him to live the same kind of life off campus that he did on campus, that would be teaching kids that integrity isn't important and that, in my opinion, is worse than a silly suspension.
haha I grew up Baptist… they weren't happy with me for going to school dances either. Needless to say I don't attend church anymore… crazy people
Re: Aggy920 –
A common dilemma modern baptists have. King David himself danced in celebration of God's goodness, and when his wife told him he was making a fool of himself, God made her barren- or so goes the biblical account.
There are some churches that only allow instruments to be played in worship that were mentioned in the Bible- so things like piano, guitar, etc. are out.
Re: MISTERMARK –
You obviously don't understand the meaning of the word "hypocritical". If the school had let this slide after the kid violated the rules of the school and broke his contract, THAT would be hypocritical.
And asking that a kid obey the rules of his school is hardly punishable by death. How are you any better than those ignorant fools who wrote all that hate mail to Perez after the Miss California thing, saying he should die because he's gay? People like you are screwing up the world more than these school officials are.
I'm trained in jazz, ballet, tap and 2 different martial arts. Screw them! Let the kids dance if they want to. It's not a fucking crime!
Don't need any more proof religion is a form of insanity.
Poor kid. Burn in hell for dancing? .. Pathetic, but typical of religious zealots. Why would his parents send him to such a freak school?
I feel sorry for kids in that type of school. There's nothing wrong with dancing.
That conservative school sounds just like my old high school in Miami…..good ol' WESTWOOD CHRISTIAN, damn they were strict!
This is crazy!
These people are taking their chrisianity to a level that is not even necessary. Seriously, God and Jesus are down with dancin' ya'll.
Okay, I know MANY Baptists who sing and dance at church. The people I know are black… the white Baptists are definitely the fucked up variety.
Re: hellojessi – Damn…you're to good to be true….wanna be hopeless romantical(a Perez word) friends on perezhilton.com???
the school was upset about the music more than the dancing but either way his parents say they are going to fight it which they should but the school needs to read their bibles theres is nothing wrong with dancing in fact most of my church came to watch and take pictures at the walk in of my senior prom
It is a private school and the kid CHOSE to go there. The school can make up any wackadoodle rules it wants to. If he doesn't like the school rules then he can CHOSE to go to a different school. Whould you send your kid to a school with such crazy rules?
the school was against dancing to 'HARD ROCK', not ballet, jazz, etc. This was a private school, a private strict religious school. He and his parents knew the rules or should have known the rules-they were given the rules and he signed them. They were not forced to send him there. They are sticking up for their son, saying what he does outside of school is not the school's business-fine-then they should have not sent him to a school that had strict rules and MAYBE-they should have read them??? instead of facing his punishment, he goes running off to nyc to whine on tv. Good, go ahead, but he still does not have a diploma and he will be known as someone who can't follow rules and whines about how unfare it is to him. Just keep digging that hole boy!
I'm surprised he wasn't suspended for having a girlfriend.
Honestly Perez, I wish you would use your head.
First of all, the school is a private school so they can do whatever they want. I'll admit that they're being way to strict and stuff but hey– the kid and his parents could have chosen to go somewhere else. Besides, the school warned beforehand and he deliberately chose to go against school policy. Please don't blow this up and try to make this another argument against religion or Christianity…
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OH SHIT, WHAT WILL THEY THINK UP NEXT?
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I wouldn't send my kid to that school, but they are a private school and they are FREE to make their rules. And that kid and his parents are FREE to thumb their noses to the rules, but they must suffer the consequences. Although I suspect they are happy to be on TV and enjoying the publicity. I would be more worried about my kid drinking and driving at prom.
my room mate is from this city and was just telling me about it earlier! so ironic!
That's EXACTLY how it was at my Christian high school. You weren't allowed to dance. Our prom was essentially a banquet. I remember senior year about thirty to forty kids out of a hundred went to a surprise birthday party at a classmates house (I was sick that night and didn't go). Her parents rented a special dance floor to put out in the backyard, so naturally, everyone there danced. Monday morning the administration finds out and threatens to suspend everyone in attendance. However, because there were only about 100 kids in our grade the principal opted to make them write a paper over suspending over a third of our class but not before warning us that should anyone be caught dancing again, they would not be walking at graduation.
How lame! My son goes to a christian school and is going to his
prom this friday night! They will be dancing their butts off!
What a stupid rule!! That poor kid.
Re: hellojessi –
Yep, you're absolutely correct!
They signed the contract when they signed up for the school.
ugh this is my hood gross
that's fucked up
*rolleyes* How ridiculous to forbid dancing!
When my parents married, my mother was Baptist and my father was a non-practicing Methodist. Naturally, my mother took my brother and I to the Baptist church. Horrid, evil, small-minded people. The Sunday school teacher told the class one Sunday that I did not attend, that I was going to Hell because I had not yet "joined" the church, meaning I had not yet professed my devotion to Jesus and been baptised. I was 12. I stopped attending that church and did not attend church for the next three years. I began attending the local Episcopal church when I was 15 and was baptised and confirmed, but to tell you the truth, I am a devout atheist and that belief is a direct result of having attended a fucking Baptist church. Evil, pure evil. All religion is just bullshit. Jesus was just the Jerry Falwell/Jim Baker/Bennie Hinn/insert other name of his time. The Bible is just a history book written by a bunch of men, so you have to take their interpretation of life with a grain of salt.
Sounds like he made the decision to not want to graduate from Heritage Christian School…seems a reasonable choice too, if you ask me.
*golf claps*
However, he should insist on graduating from a school which can provide comprehensive academic and creative expression…perhaps the school his girlfriend attended? The time it takes him to graduate from a good public school could be his resocialization's saving grace.
Re: LG sez KISSES DARLINGS! – #34 DIRTY DANCING!
*rolls eyes* What was the first song they danced to?
thats the stupidest thing i have ever heard in my fucking life.
religious schools will just eat you alive
HAHAHA….another person saves themselves from their psycho religion….RUN KID RUN!!!! I have nothing against people believing in their imaginary god, but when it gets this stupid where dancing is not permitted, then all those following this religion are STUPID!!! I bet all those in the religion are not allowed to look at this site….LOL… Dumbshits!
This is happening where I live, gotta love Ohio, and if it were MY Child I would MAKE him go to prom to prove a point. They are claiming it's too tempting for him to go, and with the girls wearing low cut dresses and whatnot it will give him impure thoughts. Have they not watched TV or looked at the neighbors house??? I'm a mom of 5, and i watch what my kids wear, but some of the things i see on the girls walking around town I wouldn't want my kids to wear! Suspending this boy and not allowing him to walk with his class is taking it a bit far…. And to think, if he drank or had sex it would be immediate expulsion! AHHH!
WTF they forbid dancing??
yet another reason why i don't like religion… too many stupid rules, for no reason at all
that schools insane, good on him
Is this what America is about?
I go to a seventh day adventist college and they have similar opinions of dancing… they try not to have dances and the such as people complain… i am often found dancing round singing footloose just to annoy them
Rock on, kid. Rock on!
I don't understand why religions forbid things like dancing. "Dancing is forbidden it leads to fornication!" lol! I can understand forbidding maybe drug use or something extreme but dancing. I'm sure he enjoyed every part of that night!
This is such crap! I'm glad he went even though his school said he wouldn't be able to attend graduation. Dance on!
I live about 30 minutes south of Findlay, Ohio (where the school is) and we have been hearing about this for quite a while now. I am glad to see that this is now getting national attention. This is a horrible thing to do to the kid. If you think that this is bad you should check out the schools website and read the "letter to parents" the school's principal wrote. Very freaky and cult-like….
Re: hellojessi –
A 17 year old child can not enter into an contracts. It's illegal.
Since when as a kid do you ahve to agree with what they preach at a Catholic school. Last I knew it was uptight Bible thumping parents that forced their children to attend such schools.
Re: brainchild –
Well aren't you sweet. I try not to linger on here longer than necessary (especially lately…ugh. Miss California.)….sometimes I just can't help myself and absolutely have to comment.
Re: nikkibean85 –
Well obviously the parents aren't that uptight because they're nearly encouraging their child to break the rules. They were fully aware of the rules going into this, and if they think they're stupid, they should send their kid to another school.
And I highly doubt it's illegal to have a student sign something that says "I understand what the rules of this school are and I understand that if I break them I will have to face the consequences." It's not like he's signing his life away. Public schools even have students sign agreements, though not quite like this (my short time at a public middle school included signing a statement that said I knew what the school's no-tolerance policy on gangs was, and a few similar things.)
Again, the parents knew what the rules are, the kid knew what the rules are, and no one should be upset about the consequences. It seems that the people who are freaking out the most are the news media, which is stupid and pointless.
Re: Paris Hilton Looks Like A Flamingo –
That's kind of racist.
It's usually "Southern Baptists" that have issues with dancing, or "Independent Fundamentalist Baptist" (trust me, I know what I'm talking about. One of my parents works for the SBC and I've gone to Baptist schools most of my life. I have many friends currently in the Baptist seminary). I know two African American ministers of Baptist churches that discourage their congregations from dancing, and three Caucasian Baptist ministers that honestly don't give a crap. Leave race out of it, please. You can't blame everything on "white" people.
i went to the public school the prom was at and i know a few people who went to heritage christian. its lame. and every single person in findlay is pissed. what are they going to do when he graduates? they can't run his life forever and tell him he cant go dance or listen to rock music which is the problem in the first place (not so much the dancing). he made the right choice in going and i really hope his stepdad does take heritage christian to court. yes, it's the schools beliefs, but if the parents allow it AND the principal signs the sheet that gives him permission to attend prom, then he should be able to go without consequences!!
isnt that like a violation of rights to forbid dancing?! It isnt something that hurts anyone and it wasnt on school grounds so… They cant run their lives outside the school. This is fucked up!
Bigotry at it's FINEST!
Re: aaabbbccc – The kid might not had a choice. If his parents made him go there.
My personal opinion is that the school can make up whatever rules they want for the kids when they are at school. I don't think they have a right to dictate what they do when they are not in school and on their own free time.