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Samantha Lock

Religious school backtracks on same-sex formal ban

Same-sex couples will be able to attend St Ursula's formal in Sydney after a successful petition. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)

A no-girlfriend rule at a Sydney girls' school formal has been rescinded, thrilling the woman who put the ban in the national spotlight. 

Abbie Frankland and her girlfriend, a year 12 student at St Ursula's College, had been eagerly awaiting next week's event for months until they realised the Kingsgrove school would not allow same-sex couples to attend together.

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