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Excerpt from a story in the Deseret News 28 January 2005 MURRAY — A Murray High senior had a truly "memorable" 18th birthday Thursday when she and her girlfriend found out they'll be "cutest couple" in the yearbook. "It is really cool," said Kortni Coats, who will be named in the yearbook, along with Taunica Crump, her girlfriend of seven months. "We had joked around about it, but we had never thought we would actually win," Coats said. "It is so cool that all these students stand behind us and are supporting us." The decision follows a revote after an apparent tie with a junior-senior pair. A Murray School District spokeswoman says the revote had nothing to do with the fact one of the potential winners was a same-sex couple. "The bottom line (was), 'Who won?' Not who won," said Martha Kupferschmidt, Murray School District director of student services. "We serve all students, regardless of who they are and what they practice. It's very important to us that we promote tolerance and acceptance of diversity. We don't necessarily have to agree, but we care deeply about teaching and advocating respect for all people, and we care deeply that students are not discriminated against."
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