Illinois is known for its' pay to play. It's also known for its' political corruption. Now, it will be known as the 1st state to have a school, where students will be automatically eligible for a scholarship, if they consider themselves to be a member of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered) community. Gosh, "Win one for the Gipper" has taken on a whole new meaning. Now, he no longer needs his football scholarship, because he has his gender orientation scholarship.
A liberal arts college, located just outside of Chicago, is boasting on its' website, that it's the 1st undergraduate program to ask the gender question. "Do you wear rainbow"? (just kidding) They're asking students if they consider themselves a member of the LGBT community? The school, Elmhurst College, is on record in saying, that the question, of course, is optional. But, if you choose to answer, and your answer is "yes", you can get up to 30% of tuition assistance. This might incite a whole new sexual orientation dilemma, for those who are trying to decide what and who they are. This will definitely encourage a decision over one's sexual orientation, in favor of LGBT, based on such a monetary reward. There will be a whole lot more people coming out of closets, whether they're in one or not.
Mr Gary Rold, Elmhurst's dean of admissions, in speaking with the Sun Times, stated, "increasing diversity is part of our mission statement, " he told the news service. "This is simply closing the loop, in many ways, of another group who has a very strong identity." (crisis?) quote cont. "It may not be race and religion, but it's an important part of who they are." Not the rock group "Who" - and not Horton's "Who".
The president of the college agrees wholeheartedly, stating, "Entirely consistent with our mission and vision, to prepare students to understand and respect the diversity of the world's cultures and peoples." David Smith, executive director of the Illinois Family Institute, takes issue with the college's comparison of sexual orientation with ethnicity, with his statement, "In defending their decision to include a question about sexual orientation, by asserting an offensive and absurd comparison of race, to a condition constituted by subjective desire and volitional sexual acts, Elmhurst College administrators reveal their own ignorance."
We couldn't agree more with David's statement. The whole argument of the LGBT community these days, spear-headed by people like Lady Gaga, is that because you were born LGBT, that you can't help being "who you are". This is the error, that David Smith is highlighting here; their contention that because they were born with a certain sexual orientation, that they "can't help it", the same as one cannot help one's ethnic birth. No, one cannot ever change one's ethnicity. But, one can choose to overcome a sexual orientation. There's the huge difference, that those like Lady Gaga and Elmhurst college, are refusing to acknowledge. Their same logic, would have to include, pedophiles and any other proclivity. Why not have a scholarships for all of them?
Elmhurst is affiliated with the liberal leaning United Church of Christ, which became the first denomination in the country to ordain an openly gay minister.
In Illinois, pay to play takes on a new meaning. How many more colleges will follow Elmhurst's lead? I just don't see the justification here, for giving LGBT students a tuition break for "diversity"? What do readers of this blog think about this? Because I am at a loss for words on this one. The Rainbow Trout truly cannot help it's color.
A liberal arts college, located just outside of Chicago, is boasting on its' website, that it's the 1st undergraduate program to ask the gender question. "Do you wear rainbow"? (just kidding) They're asking students if they consider themselves a member of the LGBT community? The school, Elmhurst College, is on record in saying, that the question, of course, is optional. But, if you choose to answer, and your answer is "yes", you can get up to 30% of tuition assistance. This might incite a whole new sexual orientation dilemma, for those who are trying to decide what and who they are. This will definitely encourage a decision over one's sexual orientation, in favor of LGBT, based on such a monetary reward. There will be a whole lot more people coming out of closets, whether they're in one or not.
Mr Gary Rold, Elmhurst's dean of admissions, in speaking with the Sun Times, stated, "increasing diversity is part of our mission statement, " he told the news service. "This is simply closing the loop, in many ways, of another group who has a very strong identity." (crisis?) quote cont. "It may not be race and religion, but it's an important part of who they are." Not the rock group "Who" - and not Horton's "Who".
The president of the college agrees wholeheartedly, stating, "Entirely consistent with our mission and vision, to prepare students to understand and respect the diversity of the world's cultures and peoples." David Smith, executive director of the Illinois Family Institute, takes issue with the college's comparison of sexual orientation with ethnicity, with his statement, "In defending their decision to include a question about sexual orientation, by asserting an offensive and absurd comparison of race, to a condition constituted by subjective desire and volitional sexual acts, Elmhurst College administrators reveal their own ignorance."
We couldn't agree more with David's statement. The whole argument of the LGBT community these days, spear-headed by people like Lady Gaga, is that because you were born LGBT, that you can't help being "who you are". This is the error, that David Smith is highlighting here; their contention that because they were born with a certain sexual orientation, that they "can't help it", the same as one cannot help one's ethnic birth. No, one cannot ever change one's ethnicity. But, one can choose to overcome a sexual orientation. There's the huge difference, that those like Lady Gaga and Elmhurst college, are refusing to acknowledge. Their same logic, would have to include, pedophiles and any other proclivity. Why not have a scholarships for all of them?
Elmhurst is affiliated with the liberal leaning United Church of Christ, which became the first denomination in the country to ordain an openly gay minister.
In Illinois, pay to play takes on a new meaning. How many more colleges will follow Elmhurst's lead? I just don't see the justification here, for giving LGBT students a tuition break for "diversity"? What do readers of this blog think about this? Because I am at a loss for words on this one. The Rainbow Trout truly cannot help it's color.
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