Texas A&M Senate backs anti-gay measure

Dan82 · Apr 21, 2011

What's Brewing: Texas A&M Senate backs anti-gay measure; pastors come out for Leppert

The Texas A&M Student Senate wants to cut funding in half for the school’s gay resource center, and divert the money to a “center for traditional and family values.” According to GLBT Aggies President Camden Breeding, the Student Senate voted Wednesday night to support a state budget amendment by Rep. Wayne Christian, R-Center, that would require schools with LGBT resource centers to spend an equal amount on centers for traditional and family values. The measure approved by the Student Senate, which you can read here, opposes any increase in student fees to pay for the new “traditional and family values” center, but says existing revenue should be evenly divided between the two centers. The Student Senate also agreed to advocate on behalf of Christian’s amendment as it moves through the Legislature. Well, it’s no wonder that Texas A&M is consistently ranked among the nation’s most homophobic schools. And it seems as though the notion that young people are less bigoted than their parents doesn’t necessarily hold true in Texas...

What's Brewing: Texas A&M Senate backs anti-gay measure; pastors come out for Leppert
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Kanen · Apr 21, 2011

I'm sickened by this. I love this school - I grew up 30 miles away from College Station. I've been to a ton of football games and basketball games. I love their traditions. But this sickens me.

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