LOCAL FUNDIES DON'T GET STATE MONEY

The basic story:

Christian concert at UA denied funding
By Nathan Olivarez-Giles
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 09.15.2007

The Overflow concert, which was free and open to the public, took place Friday night and featured a performance by the Lyle Thompson Band — a Christian band made up of UA alumni. It also included a speech by Neil McClendon, a Baptist minister from Sugar Land, Texas.

The denial of funding seems perfectly reasonable and legal and follows the by-laws of the Student Union:



What is odd is the Star's choice of a counterpoint to the Fundie group, the campus gay group:

After the vote to deny Priority's funding, the ASUA Senate voted to approve funding for Pride Alliance's two-page ad in the UA student newspaper, the Arizona Daily Wildcat. The ad is set to run sometime during Coming Out Week, Oct. 8-12.

The advertisement will feature the names, majors and job titles of students, faculty and staff at the UA who are members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community, said Rosie Reid-Correa, co-director of Pride Alliance.

Pride Alliance is an ASUA program and its operational budget is funded by the UA, Reid-Correa said.

"I want to make the statement in the university that there are individuals who are LGBT that wake up in the morning everyday, just like everybody else, and work for you," Reid-Correa said. "It's more than just an ad, it's domestic-partner benefits, it's a celebration of your identity, it's the University of Arizona saying you can be out and proud."

I can't think of a group to choose which would upset the Fundies more than this one, not even a group of athiests.