Money Denied for Gay Mens Choir Raising Concerns over First Amendment Rights
The commission voted 5-3 after requiring the groups to resubmit budgets and prove artistic merit, and critics said the process singled them out.
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Hogan: S.C. Arts Commission breaks bad when fostering arts for all
The board of the South Carolina Arts Commission voted 5-3 Oct. 1 to not fund two state arts organizations, Greenville Gay Men’s Chorus and Proud Mary Theatre Company, based in Spartanburg. Meanwhile, the board funded 180 others with $3.7 million in grants.
South Carolina Arts Commission Defunds Two LGBTQ-Focused Orgs, Says Art Can’t “Promote Ideology”
The South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) voted to defund two LGBTQ-focused cultural organizations at a meeting on Thursday after forcing the groups to defend their merit in August.At the meeting, the SCAC voted 5-3 to remove funding from the two organizations, the Greenville Gay Men’s Chorus and the Proud Mary Theatre Company. Though the funding had initially been promised to the groups, per the South Carolina Post and Courier, back in August, …
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