When members of the Texas House take up the state budget for debate today, numerous amendments will be considered to defund the state’s universities if they continue to allow leftist indoctrination programs—like DEI—to operate.
Yesterday, we asked readers if it is appropriate to defund a university because of its DEI program. While 93.1 percent of readers agree with defunding such universities, 6.9 percent do not.
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“It’s time the Texas Legislature cleans and defunds DEI and associated liberal antics up, once and for all.” – Lane Burgess
“This kind of indoctrination is intentional and a poison to the minds of the next generation. Defunding is a start if they will not stop.” – Wendy Nylaan
“No sense in using taxpayer dollars to help destroy our society. These places exist at OUR pleasure, and taxpayers should not fund them if their DEI ideology is hurting us.” – Stephen Casey
“If they can’t even teach ‘male’ and ‘female’ correctly, how can we trust them at all to teach correctly?”– Kenny Carpio
“Universities need to teach, not indoctrinate students.” – Elyce Mouskondis
“Because these universities are sowing the seeds of division, they should lose their funding.” – Molly Gail
“While free speech and a free exchange of ideas are part of what makes a university education desirable, we the people should not send our tax dollars to fund speech that works for the demise of our way of life. Professors and students may say what they wish, but the curriculum of university courses paid with our money should extol our societal goals, and the overall theme professed by scholars should be the edification thereof.” – Brian Heitman
“Why should anyone be satisfied with mediocrity, even in oneself? Knowing you achieved your spot based on your own merit, not because you made the ‘quota’ should make you feel your hard work was worth something.” – Renee Walker
“DEI is a way to normalize abnormal behavior. Starve those efforts by defunding, and these abnormal behaviors will wither.” – Margie McAllister
“What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Future legislators may apply this restriction to subjects (movements) that may be beneficial to students and a free society. Slurping the current soup de jour may result in a foul taste or worse when the table has been reset.” – Connie Voss
“When the money dries up, so does the BS—and I’m not talking about degrees.” – Garry Ludwig
“Taxpayers should not be on the hook for supporting/ funding issues that are contrary to God and nature!” – Deb Hills
