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I don't think people should fund the art they want personally and not force others to fund art that offends them. Can the KKK get a grant? What if he's talented?

Government support makes a political statement that this is approved and good, however, so it's important to some.

At this point, insulting Christianity to the cheers of their like-minded colleagues in the academy is banal, immature, cowardly conformity.

The US is a diverse country. In some parts and in some industries, being Christian can be a liability. The entertainment industry. People were fired in CA for supporting prop 8. A professor was fired for teaching Catholicism in a Catholicism class. Studies show that joining conservative-leaning groups hurts one's chances of getting into some colleges.

In other parts of the country, being a non-Christian might be a bad thing.

Nobody in the Us is persecuted like Christians are in the Middle East, China, and some other parts of the world. We need to keep things in perspective.