Judge Awards Legal Fees in Miss. Lesbian Prom Case

Enlarge By Carolyn Kaster, AP Constance McMillen waits for President Obama to deliver remarks during a LGBT Pride Month event at the White House on June 22. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has  ordered a Mississippi school district to pay  about $81,000 in legal fees and expenses  in a lawsuit filed by a lesbian student whose  prom was canceled because she wanted to  bring her girlfriend. U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson signed  the order on Monday. Constance McMillen and the American Civil  Liberties Union had sued the Itawamba County  School District in a challenge of the ban on  same-sex prom dates. TV MOVIE: Lesbian teen's story coming to  ABC Family PROM CANCELED: Lesbian's date request  stops dance $30,000: Gay Miss. teen gets scholarship on  'Ellen' MOVING ON: Teen looks to life after controversy In response, the school canceled its April 2 prom.  Parents sponsored another dance, but McMillen  claimed she was tricked into going to a "sham prom"  while other students partied elsewhere. Amid the uproar, she finished her senior year at another high school. Davidson ruled in March that McMillen's rights were violated. usatoday.com