MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) — A private North Carolina Christian college is insisting that its faculty and staff sign a document that opposes same-sex marriage and abortion. One faculty member says she and eight of her colleagues have refused to sign it and are leaving the school.
News media outlets report that part of Montreat College’s “Community Life Covenant” expects those who work there to affirm “the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman” and the “worth of every human being from conception to death.”
Covenant opponents blame the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which contributed $100,000 to the college’s scholarship fund last month. The fund is led by Franklin Graham, a Montreat College alumnus and an outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage and abortion. The association has denied any role in the covenant, however.
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It appears they take federal dollars. I’m not sure this works out in their favor…
Isn’t it interesting how the right-wing Christian evangelical establishment loves to engage in thought control? Seems very Orwellian, if not downright Communist.
Perhaps this is why the Repuglican voting states who support this kind of BS are called “Red.” I remember when that appellation referred specifically to the “communist red menace.” Anybody else remember “Better Dead that Red?”
That is one of my main objections to these “Christian” or religious institutions - their hypocrisy. They willingly take tax exemptions and federal dollars and then scream bloody murder when they are asked to follow any federal guidelines. Even my elderly dad, who was raised as a devout Catholic, says separation of Church and State is essential.
Anne Lamott: “You can safely assume you’ve created G-d in your own image when it turns out He hates all the same people you do.”
The Devil took Jesus onto a high mountain and offered him all the kingdoms of the earth and was refused. These twits did it for less than their president’s annual salary.