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  1. September 18, 2012 - 1:45pm. The following statement was issued today by the ACLU of RI in response to the Cranston sex discrimination controversy. The issue arose when a local parent-teacher organization, with initial support from the school, organized a “father-daughter dance” for girls attending the school, and a “mother-son” outing ...

  2. Sep 18, 2012 · Cranston Mayor Allan Fung says he's "utterly disappointed" the school district ended the gender-based events after the American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter of complaint.

  3. Sep 18, 2012 · Updated: After ACLU Complaint, Father-Daughter Dances No More in Cranston - Cranston, RI - The music is over for father-daughter dances in Cranston.

    • Mark Schieldrop
  4. Sep 19, 2012 · Discrimination complaint ends father-daughter dance. Following a complaint filed by the ACLU, school officials in Cranston, R.I. have ended gender specific activities like father-daughter dances ...

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  5. Sep 19, 2012 · September 19, 2012. In an effort to comply with state laws about gender discrimination, a Rhode Island school district has banned father-daughter dances and mother-son baseball games after a ...

  6. Sep 18, 2012 · CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island schools superintendent has ended the district's father-daughter dances and mother-son ballgames to comply with a state gender discrimination law, prompting ...

  7. Sep 18, 2012 · Cranston, RI – A complaint filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) put an end to father-daughter dances and mother-son ballgames at Cranston schools. The ACLU rallied against the district after a single mother contacted the agency because she felt her daughter was excluded from going to the dance since she had no dad […]