Money For Anti-Gay Baptist School Illegal
(Frankfort, Kentucky) A judge ruled Thursday that Kentucky GOP lawmakers and former Gov. Ernie Fletcher violated the state constitution by appropriating $11 million in state funding to a Baptist university.
Kentucky Fairness Alliance executive director Christina Gilgor called the ruling a victory against state-subsidized discrimination.
The legality of the grant grew out of a 2006 incident in which the university expelled a student it found out is gay. Jason Johnson, 20, was expelled after posting his sexual orientation on a Web site. The dean's list student received all Fs on his transcript when he was expelled. (story)
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.
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Kentucky Fairness Alliance executive director Christina Gilgor called the ruling a victory against state-subsidized discrimination.
The legality of the grant grew out of a 2006 incident in which the university expelled a student it found out is gay. Jason Johnson, 20, was expelled after posting his sexual orientation on a Web site. The dean's list student received all Fs on his transcript when he was expelled. (story)
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.
full article
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