It never ceases to amaze me that religious organizations can’t understand the concept of “Federal money, Federal rules”. It’s how the Feds took over higher ed in this country and why there are only two or three truly independent colleges in the US.
Hillsdale is one. They won’t take a nickel in Federal money in any way, shape, or form because they know once they do it won’t just be the nose of the camel in the tent, it’ll be the entire smelly beast.
Churches can serve God or they can serve Mamon. They can not do both.
” It’s how the Feds took over higher ed in this country and why there are only two or three......” ——
Can you elaborate on that history some? The astounding fact tht we are half Marxist populated now is not something that came out of thin air, but was perpetrated with great patience.
Our history proclaims that the universities were all Catholic, or religious in their founding, so it was incumbant early on that all religious influence conjoined with education be neutralized, ever so patiently and methodically, and slowly over time.
The war on religion is legendary, old and alive and well from nearly the beginning of our founding.
It's not that we don't understand; the newsworthy aspect here is not that the Federal government can decide who to grant money, but the cut-off-my-nose-to-spit-my-face mentality of the said government.
Here is the problem simplified:
-- "Mine is a Catholic organization that works to eliminate (murder, theft, fraud, poverty, child obesity, -- insert your own) because (murder, theft, fraud, poverty, child obesity) violate the Catholic principles."
-- "Ah, Catholic? Grant denied"
Ship of fools.