Banks pull Florida voucher donations over anti-gay school policies

Daniel Tepper / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileTwo of the largest banks in the U.S. say they will stop donating millions of dollars to Florida's private school voucher program after a newspaper investigation found that some of the program's beneficiariesIn a statement to NBC News and CNBC on Wednesday evening, Wells Fargo confirmed that it would no longer participate.

"We have reviewed this matter carefully and have decided to no longer support Step Up for Students," the San Francisco-based bank said of the voucher program."All of us at Wells Fargo highly value diversity and inclusion, and we oppose discrimination of any kind."Joe Skipper / Reuters file In a tweet to a Florida lawmaker Tuesday, Fifth Third Bank, based in Cincinnati, said it has told officials with the voucher program that it will also stop participating.

"We have communicated with program officials that we will not be contributing again until more inclusive policies have been adopted by all participating schools to protect the sexual orientation of all our students," the bankGet a head start on the morning's top stories.

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Thank you

Well done Wells Fargo!👏👏👏

Then everyone who knows the bank is behaving as fascists should withdraw their money and go to another bank that values the CONSTITUTION. Easy peasy.

Money talks.

ArtisanPastry Hit them in the pockets 👍

Private schools, church schools, home schooling, are just another form of segregation. We need to make our public schools something to be proud of. Our government has been negligent on them for too long. Hey, Pro-Lifers, if you care for children fight for this!

Leviticus 18:22 King James Version (KJV) 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Unfortunately religious conservatives seem to love to hate and oppress others.

I have too many other problems in my life to worry about someone that’s different from me. The sad part is those who disapprove of that lifestyle is a sinner too. Last time I checked a sin is a sin regardless of the act. we are all sinners... it’s just a different type of sin...

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Uh, they just figure this out now Betsy DeVos has been pushing this discrimination (calling it school choice) for years.

Good. If only federal and state governments would do the same.

Wells Fargo?!?!?! ....I'm shocked! Shocked I say!

I don't know how to react to Wells Fargo having a choice between good and bad and actually choosing good. Maybe there's hope for them after all.

Good! If you want to be a discriminatory bigot, do it on your own dime!

Sad day when evangelicals won't stand up for American values of decency, justice, and equal protection, but corporate America will

Good.

It’s Florida, why is this not surprising

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