The case against a private, anti-gay Baptist university, the University of the Cumberlands, which received an $11 million state grant, is moving forward. A lower court judge ruled last year that Kentucky GOP lawmakers and former Governor Ernie Fletcher violated the state constitution by appropriating the state funding to the school, and the Kentucky Supreme Court has ordered attorneys to submit briefs in the case by June.
First off, let's get this gay: anti-gay Baptist is redundant, so let's stop saying that. It's Baptist. Plain and simple. Baptist is anti-gay, and anti-gay is Baptist; especially at the University of the Cumberlands which does not allow gay students.
But here's the deal, this University of Asshatted Hatred and Dumbassed Bigotry expelled one Jason Johnson after he posted his sexual orientation on the web. Word got out that a homo was at Asshat U and the boy was asked to leave.
And it was over.
Uh. No. The LGBT rights group Kentucky Fairness Alliance, along with advocates for the separation of church and state and the Jefferson County Teachers Association filed suit in 2006 because the U of Hate received state money, and that's so wrong.
Following public outrage, the university agreed to allow Johnson to send in work to finish his courses and receive final grades but he was barred from the campus.
Because he's gay.
You want to run a school with a Hate Policy? G'head, but don't ask for, beg for, plead for, demand, take, state money to fund your School of Intolerance.
I grew up in a baptist houshold and am still trying to deal with the scars. You know how I feel about organized religion so I wont go any further.
ReplyDeleteIts terribly unfair, but the student is likely better off not going there. Imagine how he'd be treated by the staff if the school were forced to accept him.
ReplyDeleteThe question of whether a university with a religious connection should receive government funds is certainly worthy of debate. But to be fair, the student you mentioned wasn't expelled because he is gay but because he violated the school's code of conduct which applies to all students, including heterosexual ones.
ReplyDeleteAlso, it's ironic that the language used to complain about hatred and bigotry against gays is very hateful and bigoted toward Christians -- especially Baptists.
I know that some Christians and Baptists have said and done some terrible things (just as some gay people have). Please know that those individuals do not represent the majority or the teachings of Jesus who taught us all to love. I think it's tragic that many in the gay community equate disagreement about the definition of marriage with hate. I am one Christian who is praying that we can have a more civil dialogue than that.
To be fair, Anon, the reports I read said he was expelled for posting his sexual orientation on a website. I sincerely doubt a heterosexual student would be expelled for that reason.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, i know that not all Baptists/Christians/Catholics are haters, but they are the ones making the most noise. The rest of you remain quiet, and it leads me to wonder why.
Thirdly, I have said in other posts--most recently about Miss California's views--that I do not equate your religious beliefs, nor anyone's beliefs, with hatred, unless they are using said beliefs to craft law and enforce laws and create legislation based on religious views. And I will call them out for it every chance I get.
It's wrong.
It's discrimination.
It's hateful.
Good post and comment, Bob!
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