My Old (Hatred) Kentucky Home

Once again my state manages to distinguish itself in the field of awfulness over equality.

Sunrise Children’s Services is working to recover from a massive budget shortfall after Kentucky churches withheld $7 million because the children’s home had proposed ending its policy of discrimination against LGBT employees.

Bill Smithwick, the then-director of Sunrise Children’s Services, proposed last year that the home allow employees who were openly gay and lesbian over fears that government funding would dry up.

After churches in Kentucky began withholding their donations, Smithwick was forced to resign, and the children’s home did not change its policy.

But the damage was done, and Sunrise Children’s Services was already facing a $7 million budget shortfall, according to WDRB.

So the Kentucky Baptists Convention instructed churches to withhold donating money to kids in need because of gay people.  And the whole reason Smithwick decided not to discriminate?  It's federal goddamn law to not discriminate, that's why.

Smithwick was in his 16th year at the helm of Sunrise when he floated the proposal to open employment to gays. He had said he feared the agency's ban would eventually lead to a loss of millions in government funding, meaning the agency would have to drastically scale back its budget, since most of its funding — Smithwick said 85 percent of about $27 million — comes from government sources.

So yes, these "good Christians" are more than willing to let these kids rot because gay people are so awful.  You want our money to keep these kids in food and shelter?  You have to hate fags.

That's a hell of a lesson to teach these kids.