I hate it when it turns out I'm not a paraoid nutjob...

[Xiahou]

Private organizations getting public money is nothing new- it happens all the time. However, if they actually argued that the property, including the pavilion, was a public place they really set themselves up for this to happen in their greed for government largess.

[Ronin]

Private organizations getting public money is nothing new- it happens all the time. However, if they actually argued that the property, including the pavilion, was a public place they really set themselves up for this to happen in their greed for government largess.

it is not a public place per se but it is surely publicly funded...if it is publicly funded it can´t turn away members of the society that funds it....seems logical.

Religious organizations should receive no public funding anyway....then they can act like a private club and reject people as they see fit.