Dancing king.Prom Queen: The Marc Hall For the baseball player, see . Marc Hall (born 1984) is a Canadian man whose legal fight to bring a same-sex date to his high school prom made Canadian and international headlines in 2002. Court Case Marc Hall v. Story * Written by Kent Staines * Directed by John L'Ecuyer * Starring Aaron Ashmore, Scott Thompson
Scott Thompson (born June 12, 1959) is a Canadian television comedian, best known for his time as a member of the comedy troupe Kids in the Hall. , and Dave Foley This article is about the actor. For other people with the same name, see David Foley (disambiguation). David Scott Foley (born January 4, 1963, in Etobicoke, Ontario) is a Canadian actor, best known for his work in The Kids in the Hall, * Wolfe Video Those perusing the latest DVDs will realize that same-sex marriage Noun 1. same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated" couple, twosome, duet, duo - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable isn't the only good thing to come from Canada. Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story recounts the true story of a small-town Catholic teenager who was told he could not take his boyfriend to his graduation prom. The case became a landmark ruling in Canadian law, with Hall's lawyer successfully arguing that the Catholic school board's actions were discriminatory. Director John L'Ecuyer manages to avoid movie-of-the-week cliches, keeping the action moving along and injecting the story with campy humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was . The casting helps too--Kids in the Hall fans will recognize Scott Thompson and Dave Foley in the mix. Prom Queen manages to be simultaneously informative, moving, and a breath of fresh air: a gay rights fight with a happy and victorious conclusion. |
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