{"id":16,"date":"2006-03-01T00:55:01","date_gmt":"2006-03-01T05:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/03\/01\/confederate-dress\/"},"modified":"2010-11-20T01:07:49","modified_gmt":"2010-11-20T06:07:49","slug":"confederate-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/03\/01\/confederate-dress\/","title":{"rendered":"Confederate Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Now I always thought that going to your prom meant getting dressed up in a fancy gown, having a great date to enjoy the night with, partying with your friends and perhaps being chauffeured around in your first ever limo rental.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* square 250x Oddplanet_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7033143591\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Am I right?  Isn&#8217;t that what most girls dream of for prom night?<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Well it seems that Jacqueline Duty, of Lexington, Ky. had slightly different thoughts.  She wanted to celebrate her heritage by wearing a Confederate flag prom dress.   It seems to School district didn&#8217;t like her choice of Prom wear and they decided to ban her from the prom.  This took place back in 2004.  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