Legislator says school shouldn't get funds

[kweerwolf]

State funding for a new pharmacy school building at the University of the Cumberlands should not be included in the budget if the private school doesn't stop discriminating against gay students, a legislator warned last night.

"We should not be budgeting bigotry," Sen. Ernesto Scorsone, D-Lexington, told colleagues before voting on the $18.1 billion, two-year budget. Scorsone is the only openly gay member of the General Assembly.

The university made headlines last week when it expelled a student for disclosing on a personal Web site that he is gay.

In an unusual arrangement, the proposed budget includes $10 million of state debt to construct a pharmacy building on the school's Whitley County campus. The budget also includes $1 million to fund scholarships for students attending the college's yet-to-be created pharmacy program.

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/legislature/14313631.htm

I love this quote: "We should not be budgeting bigotry"

[rpannier]

1. Agreed

If the school wants to discriminate against Gays and Lesbians, or any group that's fine. Just not with tax payer money.

[xchrom]

2. good -- money is always a good way

to grab somebody's attention hard.