South Carolina Legislature withholds college funds over gay reading material

Despite their best efforts, state Democratic legislators in South Carolina failed to persuade their Republican counterparts to restore funds to two colleges that have included two gay-themed books as part of a required reading curriculum at public colleges. Multiple votes on the issue proved devastating to those who supported the text. College of Charleston students…

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Religious leaders send letter to Mississippi legislators asking them to reject discriminatory bill

JACKSON, Miss.– Today a group of Mississippi Baptist and Methodist leaders sent an open letter to state legislators condemning SB 2681 that would allow businesses to refuse services to the LGBT community on the basis of religious freedom.  In the letter the signatories stand firm in their support of religious freedom, saying they hold the…

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