We Want our 11 Million Dollars!
University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky, a Baptist school, has to give back $11 million dollars it received from the state, says the Kentucky Supreme Court. The 2006 provision of $10 million for a pharmacology school and $1 million for a scholarship violates the separation of church and state said the court. At the same time the school received the funds, it expelled a student, Jason Johnson, who posted online that he was gay and was found to be in violation of the school's rule against homosexuality and extramarital sex. Johnson was not mentioned in the case. (h/t Queerty)
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University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky, a Baptist school, has to give back $11 million dollars it received from the state, says the Kentucky Supreme Court. The 2006 provision of $10 million for a pharmacology school and $1 million for a scholarship violates the separation of church and state said the court. At the same time the school received the funds, it expelled a student, Jason Johnson, who posted online that he was gay and was found to be in violation of the school’s rule against homosexuality and extramarital sex. Johnson was not mentioned in the case.
Related: The Obama administration has been asked to investigate funding earmarks for religious schools and ministries. You can read more here.
(h/t Queerty)