If you want freedom of religion in today’s America,
you have to stay as far away from the federal government as possible, which
means foregoing any and all financial assistance that may have the stink of
Washington D.C. all over it. Some small
colleges would rather go it alone than compromise their religious beliefs. The Blaze reported the following:
The estimated loss to Wyoming
Catholic: $650,000 annually in loans and $250,000 in Pell grants students
could have used to pay tuition costs.
Wyoming Catholic students would have
become eligible for federal aid once the school finished gaining its
accreditation, the Times noted.
But students and
board members alike told the Times the loss was worth it if it meant the
federal government could not impose religious freedom-infringing rules on the
college.
The vast
majority of Catholic universities, from more liberal institutions such as Notre
Dame to more conservative colleges including the Franciscan University of
Steubenville, do accept federal student aid — and the imposition of federal
rules that comes with it.
This is just the beginning.
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