OK, I have to admit my evil twin likes the idea that those people in that town will get a taste of their own medicine.  I hope they like the reflection they will be seeing in the mirror.

I suspect prom was a bigger deal for most of the kids.

I'm hoping the adults will see how ugly they looked

Could be.  However, we do hear a lot of people basically agreeing with Phelps but disagreeing with his tactics.  I got to hear Matthew Shepard's mother speak once, and she kind of liked Phelps because his obnoxiousness seemed to highlight the ultimate negativity of the behavior.  She thought he may have helped enlighten more people than rational discourse could. 

Maybe at least a few of them will become a bit more thoughtful.

Of course, given Mississippi's dropout rate, that might be too much to hope for.

the school was wrong

I went to Google to find out what happened after the initial story came out last year. This is what I found on Wikipedia relating to the court challenge to the school board's ruling:

"On March 23, 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Glen H. Davidson issued a ruling in favor of both McMillen and the Itawamba County School District.^[14] Judge Davidson ruled that Itawamba County School District did violate McMillen's First Amendment rights by not allowing her to attend the prom with her girlfriend, not allowing her to wear a tuxedo and by cancelling the prom.^[14] Judge Davidson wrote, "The court finds this expression and communication of her viewpoint is the type of speech that falls squarely within the purview of the First Amendment."^[14] However, in favor of the Itawamba County School District, Judge Davidson ruled that he would not force the school district to hold the prom since a private prom had already been planned.^[14] At the preliminary hearing, school board members testified that all junior and senior students would be allowed to attend the private prom but did not make it clear as to whether or not same-sex couples would be allowed to attend.^[14] McMillen received no official information on, or an invitation to, the private prom.^[15]

During the hearing, the school board testified that they cancelled the prom because the "media attention generated distracted the school from its educational mission, and that the board cancelled the prom in an attempt to restore order".^[14] Judge Davidson said he was not swayed by that testimony because the high school's own principal had testified to the opposite, saying that "e-mail and phone calls generated by the controversy had no impact on classroom instruction".^[14]"

^{Does anyone know what happened when it came to the 2011 Prom?}