So, when her daughter does not get asked to the prom, will she demand the proms cease and desist? When, will public officials grow a backbone and say "Enough!" see you in court. America: soon to be known as the weak and the home of the everyone gets a trophy..

No offense to anyone but lots of girls have fathers, and I think its a great idea to have a dance like this. That doesn't mean that someone with two mom's couldn't bring her mother etc. Maybe simply changing the name to the Daughters dance (if it really makes feminists uncomfortable) - not banning it altogether. I think its wrong to ban this dance because of one woman - who ever she is, she must hold some sort of power in this town to ban the dance after one measly complaint. Also did she ever consider how her children feel ? Usually when something like this happens, someone takes it personally without thinking about others before saying/doing something.

I'm 68, there were father/daughter dances when I was in school and there were classmates without fathers then too. My father and others made sure they had a wonderful time - they danced more than I did. I say expand it to having a separate mother/son dance too.

I don't think they should ban this. I believe the mother should be able to go or have a male friend bring her. Possibly they should offer a Mother/daughter dance too(though someone may complain about that too:>). Of course a Mother/son dance would be nice and there are boys out there without Mothers, in a similar situation. Many children in this situation understand they do not have a Father/Mother/siblings from a very early age. I know they do get upset about the differences as many children do for many reasons. I look at these situations as opportunities to discuss the child’s feelings and empower my child to see how we can work through them. To ban an entire fun event because this make one child reminded about how they are different is sad and not beneficial to anyone. The next day they still don’t have a Father/Mother/sibling, showing them they can still have fun in a slightly different way would do more good(IMO).

Seriously??? No, Father/Daughter dances shouldn't be banned. Many girls don't have fathers, but they have father figures in their lives. Grandfathers, uncles, older brothers and older male cousins could fill in for the father. My father went to many father/daughter dances with my niece - and he loved it. This mother is making a huge deal out of this and it would seem that if she's a single mom she would have far bigger things to deal with than something so trivial as working at banning a dance. What does she want to ban next - weddings because her daughter won't have a father to walk her down the aisle??? If this woman gets her way and the dance is banned, I hope she plans on moving to another town since she's not going to have many friends and neither will her daughter. Seems so sad - no father and no friends. This case reminds me of the situation where a woman got upset in a bakery because on Mother's Day the business was giving out a free baked good to mothers. This crazy woman made a scene because she found it was discrimination that only moms were getting free brownies and cookies on Mother's Day .... many people are not honored on Father's Day (because they're not fathers!), on Veteran's Day (because they're not Veterans!), on Grandparent's Day (because they're not Grandparents!). You see where this is going, I'm sure .... We can't all be a part of everything and every celebration. This woman is destroying her daughter... feel strong without a father, not weak!

These is equality gone out of control. Kurt Vonnegut wrote a short story about it HARRISON BERGERON. You can Google and read it. Sometimes I think we are headed down that road. How about calling it the parent and daughter dance and that way daughters without fathers can come too.

Does the ACLU have a point!? The aclu point is to unravel the fabric of traditional values and reduce America to that of a third world country! They must be all turning themselves to BUTTER viewing all those heads bowed as Neil Armstrongs' ashes were cast upon the sea! PC along with Barry H. Obama or is it BHS must go!

Just make it a parent/child dance.

For crying out loud....just change the name and the parameters of the event. ....and please stop turning this into an opportunity for some banal political commentary for or against the left or right. There really is no left or right...there is only right and wrong and this is most definitely wrong.
Remember.......
Political correctness does not legislate tolerance...it only organizes hatred.

Over the years I have known girls who didn' t have a father to go to the dance. There was always someone to make the night special for them - a close family friend, the mother or father's brother - someone.

It seems that the world has gone so far in making everything so politically correct, that we have pitted people against people, young against old etc.

It has gone beyond reason.

absolutely not, girls love to dance with their dads and for girls who do not have fathers, they can dance with an uncle, grandfather, whoever, this world is going crazy

No I don't think they should be banned. My husband died when my girls were very young and I enrolled them in all activities, dancing, cheerleading, girl scouts, and parent/child events. Why should all Father/daughter dances be banned. It is not fair. My children grew up without a father but had other male role figures in their lives, Uncles, brother, cousins, etc. who were able to do things with them, even to give them away when they were married. It is my hope that this practice will not be stopped.

I do not believe father/daughter dances should be banned, but there should be tryouts. If it went to a father/daughter dance with my 13 year old daugher, I am convinced my foot work would embarass her.

I can't believe for the life of me that this is even an issue and/or is being debated. The fact that a mom wrote a letter is just plain silly. Ok, this girl doesn't have a father... neither do a lot of children. It's just the way it is. I didn't play a lot of baseball when I was younger because my dad left, but we didn't write letters banning the sport.