Dancing together in Utah.Jason Atwood was told he would have to ask his parents if he could bring his boyfriend, Tom Tolman, to dances at his Utah high school. Now the only person the 17-year-old senior has to ask is his boyfriend. Citing the potential for antigay violence, Tom Worlton, principal of Copper Hills High in a suburb suburb, a community in an outlying section of a city or, more commonly, a nearby, politically separate municipality with social and economic ties to the central city. In the 20th cent. of Salt Lake City, instituted the parental consent Parental consent laws (also known as parental involvement or parental notification laws) in some countries require that one or more parents consent to or be notified before their minor child can legally engage in certain activities. policy when Atwood said he planned to bring Tolman to the school's Sadie Hawkins dance For other uses, see Snowball (disambiguation). In the United States, the Sadie Hawkins dance (also known as a snowball, Morp, vice-versa, turnabout, TWIRP, or a Tolo in November. Atwood's father refused to sign, and there ensued a four-day protest outside the school, during which Atwood and dozens of other demonstrators were pelted with eggs and soda cans. Worlton decided to reverse the policy in late December, and now Atwood plans to take Tolman to all the school's remaining dances this year. "Prom, sweethearts Sweethearts may be:
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