Florida: State Funds Religious Schools Where Bigotry is Just Swell
Leslie Postal and Annie Martin of the Orlando Sentinel identified nearly 160 religious schools that receive state funding but exclude gay students.
Some refuse to enroll students whose parents are gay or hire gay staff.
Discrimination is A-OK at these schools.
This would not be a problem for Betsy DeVos, whose family has contributed to anti-gay organizations for years. It would not be a problem for the current a Supreme Court, which ruled that a baker in Colorado need not sell a cake to a gay couple if homosexuality offends his religious beliefs.
Postal and Martin wrote:
In the shadow of a nearly 200-foot cross, Central Florida Christian Academy enrolls students who live by the Bible’s commands and abstain from “sexual immorality” — meaning gay children aren’t welcome on the state-supported campus in west Orange County.
Calvary Christian High School in Clearwater denies admission to students if they, or someone in their home, are practicing a “homosexual lifestyle or alternative gender identity” or “promoting such practices.”
Wade Christian School in Melbourne keeps an “expulsion list,” with a “homosexual act” among the offenses, CONTINUE READING: Florida: State Funds Religious Schools Where Bigotry is Just Swell | Diane Ravitch's blog
