Kentucky lawsuit over anti-gay college funding

Interesting update to a previous post about the University of the Cumberlands, a stop on the Soulforce Equality Ride. They receive state funding, in spite of their discriminatory policies. Sounds like the governor takes a pretty narrow view of their laws about discrimination:

Kentucky's constitution prohibits the state from using tax money in support of religious institutions or entities that discriminate against citizens, according to the suit. "We're asking that the governor uphold the constitution and not allow the funding of the University of the Cumberlands," Gilgor said in a telephone interview.

Fletcher declined to veto funding for the college because, he said, the money came from coal severance taxes paid by coal companies, not by individual taxpayers in the state. Jim Deckard, Fletcher's general counsel, said Monday evening he believes the constitution's prohibition on funding private schools is limited to elementary and high schools, not colleges and universities.

When I first read about the state funding for a Christian school, I thought, hey, if that's how you want to roll down in KY, that's your business. But it looks like there's a bit more nuance to the story.

See you in court!