Texas A&M Student President vetoed the 'Religious Funding Exemption Bill'

After the horrid vote to defund the LGBT Student Center from Texas A&M Student Senate, the student President decided that he will veto the bill:

News this week that some student senators had targeted the center thrust the traditionally conservative university into the national spotlight, and [student body president John] Claybrook said it was time to "stop the bleeding." “The damage must stop today,” Claybrook wrote in a letter announcing his intention to veto. “Texas A&M students represent our core value of respect exceptionally and I'm very proud of the family at this university. Now, more than ever, is the time to show great resolve and come together, treating each other like the family that we are.” A veto by Claybrook means that the legislation passed 35-28 on Wednesday will not represent the official opinion of the student body at Texas A&M.

Interesting stuff, folks. More to come.

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Foolishness Alert: Texas A&M Student Senate passes Anti-Gay Bill

I guess students at Texas A&M are allowed to vote for bigotry in guise of religious beliefs. Yesterday, their student senate voted to push an anti-gay religious agenda.

Dallas Voice reports:

After three hours of emotional debate, the Texas A&M Student Senate voted 35-28 Wednesday night to approve an anti-gay measure that would allow students to opt out of funding the campus GLBT Resource Center if they have religious objections. 

Less than 24 hours before the vote, the name of the bill was changed from the “GLBT Funding Opt Out Bill” to the “The Religious Funding Exemption Bill,” and specific references to the GLBT Resource Center were removed. However, opponents of the bill who packed a Student Senate meeting before the vote Wednesday said the name change did not alter the bill’s discriminatory, anti-gay intent. 

With the crowd spilling into the hallways, an overflow viewing room was set up, and the Senate meeting had to be stopped several times so administrators could clear fire exits, according to a report in The Eagle of Bryan-College Station. Emotions ran high, with senators cursing and the woman assigned to tally their votes bursting into tears.
A&M Student Body President John Claybrook says he has not decided whether to veto the measure. 

The closer-than-expected margin of passage means the Senate may not have the votes to override a veto by Claybrook.

The funny thing is the price that the students are voting to pay the LGBT center is TWO DOLLARS!

More to come.