Texas Schools Scrap 'Cross-Dressing' Day
By BOBBY ROSS JR.
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.
``It is outrageous that a school in a small town in east Texas would encourage their 4-year-olds to be cross-dressers,'' Liberty Legal Institute attorney Hiram Sasser said in the release
Tanner T. Hunt Jr., the school district's attorney, called Sasser's statement ``inflammatory and misleading.'' He said the district never planned or conducted a ``cross-dressing day.''
``They are a tiny little East Texas school district,'' Hunt said. ``It never occurred to them that anyone could find anything morally reprehensible about TWIRP Day. I mean, they've been having it for years, probably for generations, and it's the first time anybody has complained.''
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?''
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By BOBBY ROSS JR.
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.
``It is outrageous that a school in a small town in east Texas would encourage their 4-year-olds to be cross-dressers,'' Liberty Legal Institute attorney Hiram Sasser said in the release
Tanner T. Hunt Jr., the school district's attorney, called Sasser's statement ``inflammatory and misleading.'' He said the district never planned or conducted a ``cross-dressing day.''
``They are a tiny little East Texas school district,'' Hunt said. ``It never occurred to them that anyone could find anything morally reprehensible about TWIRP Day. I mean, they've been having it for years, probably for generations, and it's the first time anybody has complained.''
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?''
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