Stallion wrote:this controversy goes much deeper than whether Baylor students, alumni and employees are or should be perfect Baptist, but rather this controversy is a continuation of the power struggle that has been going on at Baylor for the last 5 or so years as a result of a movement of conservative Baptist to direct the future of that university. It is shocking that a university has allowed such a splinter group with enormous power and financial muscle to raise funds separate from the university itself to financially coerce the direction of the university. If it continues it will continue to have a disasterous affect on the perception of the university in academia
Oh, you mean like the so-called "religious right" has had on the Republican Party, particularly the Texas Republican Party?
And that comment probably just got me blackballed by any ponyfans out there who find themselves in agreement with the tenets of the so-called "religious right".
THAT is the kicker, and that is what is insidious about the splinter group. They may have decent and moral conviction about what they are doing, but if one disagrees, even among minor issues, then one finds oneself, proverbially speaking, being picked last to play kickball or Red Rover. No matter how righteous somebody legitimately might be, power and the seeking of it have the same effect on those of more faith, less faith, and no faith.
To coin Keanu Reeves in Parenthood.
"Whuf. <shaking the shivers off> Too much."