Gay student
support group disbands at Baptist-backed college

A support group for gay students at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., held its final meeting on Monday after the head of the Georgia Baptist Convention complained that the group conflicted with the university's Christian roots. The Mercer Triangle Symposium was the school's first gay student group and was first recognized by the school in 2002. Student government president Nancy David said about 50 students, faculty, and administrators attended the last meeting to show support. GBC executive director J. Robert White complained about the symposium last month after learning about it in a campus newspaper, saying he received calls from concerned parents. Mercer is a Baptist-affiliated college of 7,000 students that receives about $2.4 million a year from the Georgia Baptist Convention, which opened its annual meeting Monday in Columbus. (AP)