I'd bet my paycheck that if someone started it, they'd be sued for discrimination by one religious group or another. Only thing that'd get ya sued quicker would be "The United Caucasion College Fund". Same as a Christian College can get by with expelling a student for atheism (legally protected due to by-laws given in student handbook), but a secular college would be sued into bankruptcy for expelling a person based on their religion. Why is it that religions and other minorities can discriminate, and be backed by our legal system??
2007-07-25 07:50:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They shouldn't be able to, nor should my tax dollars have to go to fund faith based organizations that do this. If someone wants to make something exclusive with private funds I guess they have that right but with the new faith based initiative stuff this is happening with tax dollars. The Secular Coalition is a new lobby group that is working on preventing this. Still I think we shouldn't need it. Separation of church and state.
btw, I would give to the atheist college fund or scholarship. =) I did give to the Carl Sagan Academy which accepts all religions but is stressing the teaching of critical thinking, science, and math in a school that will not promote any religion although also not deny any individual faith.
2007-07-25 08:01:21 · answer #1 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Christian, and if somebody wanted to start an atheist, Muslim, Hindu, Wiccan or any other college fund, I don't have a problem with that. Public schools are not supposed to endorse any particular religion, and I strongly support the separation of church and state. However, the private schools can generally do what they wish, as they are not state-funded. If a Pentecostal school wants to fire an atheist professor, they could probably do so legally. Many schools have a declaration of faith that staff, if not all students, must sign. I was recently looking at a job posting published by a fundamentalist college, and to even be a janitor there, one has to sign a declaration of faith. So the thing to do would be to found a private atheist college, and have everyone sign a declaration of non-faith.
2007-07-25 15:27:32 · answer #2 · answered by solarius 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually a privately funded school can allow whoever they like to attend, and refuse entry to whoever they like.
2007-07-25 16:49:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
a christian college is controled by the church so they can do that kind of stuff. no one would make an atheist school because thats just stupid.
2007-07-25 15:02:19 · answer #4 · answered by god_of_the_accursed 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Its sounds very educated!!! Long live science, math and reason!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-07-25 14:54:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol...okay.........
2007-07-25 14:53:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋