Evangelical Liberty University received half a billion dollars in federal aid money

[babsbunny]

Evangelical Liberty University received half a billion dollars in federal aid money
One conservative college got more government cash than NPR last year

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/04/05/liberty_university_federal_money/index.html

By Alex Pareene

Liberty University, the evangelical private Christian school founded by dead apartheid-supporting bigot Jerry Falwell, received $445 million in federal financial aid last year. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, by the way, received $420 million from the federal government.

That massive sum was thanks to the growth of Liberty's online program, which enrolled 52,000 students last year. The school is the No. 1 recipient of Pell grant money in the state of Virginia. While it may seem like the federal government is basically subsidizing this formerly financially challenged ultra-conservative religious private school, LU's executive director of financial aid sees it differently:

[patrice]

1. No one should be surprised by this. LU doesn't see it as hypocrisy; there are those who deserve

m/y/our money and those who don't, because LU received this money by the grace of God, it, apparently, DID deserve it.

That's the logic, so our outrage, as the Un-deserving, is only evidence of our jealousy of THE righteous.

[montanacowboy]

2. But aren't all those LU students

welfare queens - taking Pell Grants???

[Newest Reality]

3. And think of what a waste that has been!

Wasted minds signing purity pledges and paying for indoctrination and constriction of thought while posing as higher education.

[walerosco]

4. its not really welfare

If its used to do gods' work. You guys should show some respect

[William769]

5. The only good thing about Evangelical Liberty University

Is the founder is dead.

[Maraya1969]

7. LOL that reminded me of the video of the Teletubbies singing "Ding Dong the witch is dead" eom

[Scuba]

6. Wrong on so many fronts...

...as to be laughable.


We need to keep this front and center. Many sane people will understand this issue.