It looked as though Samford University, a private Christian university just outside of Birmingham, Ala., was facing an ultimatum.
The creation of Samford Together, a student group dedicated to the discussion of LGBTQ issues and human sexuality, had created a rift between the administration and the Alabama Baptist State Convention, which asked for the group's provisional status to be rescinded and its chances for permanent status scuttled as a condition for $3 million in annual funding.
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