Bills aim to force Calif. Christian colleges to embrace transgenders
Two bills currently moving through the California statehouse, purporting to prevent LGBTQ discrimination, are actually designed to cripple the state’s Christian colleges, critics say.
AB-1888, if approved, would disqualify Christian colleges from receiving state-funded student financial aid if the institutions deny students on the basis of their “sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.” What’s more, the bill would disallow colleges from obtaining waivers from the U.S. Department of Education on the issue.
A companion bill, SB 1146, would mandate Christian schools tell prospective students their institutions are discriminatory.
Proponents of the bills claim they would “prohibit Cal Grant funding to institutions with a license to discriminate.” Critics see it much differently....
Dr. Steven J. Lawson | 10/11/2009
