Court Upholds Expulsion of Counseling Student Who Opposes Homosexuality

[RKP5637]

(Good. IMO the judge is quite correct.)

"A federal judge has ruled in favor of a public university that removed a Christian student from its graduate program in school counseling over her belief that homosexuality is morally wrong."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/28/court-university-expel-student-opposes-homosexuality/

[madrchsod]

1. i listened to some of that on cnn or fox this morning....

the person that was defending the student was clueless.....he claimed the right of free speech.

[tblue37]

2. It doesn't sound as though she was actually expelled from the school.

Apparently she was removed only from the counseling program because she refused to counsel clients who were homosexual. I imagine they would let her major in any field where her beliefs did not interfere with someone else's rights--along the lines of "Your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins."

U.S. District Judge George Caram Steeh dismissed Ward’s lawsuit against Eastern Michigan University. She was removed from the school’s counseling program last year because she refused to counsel homosexual clients.

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“Furthermore, the university had a rational basis for requiring students to counsel clients without imposing their personal values,” he wrote in a portion of his ruling posted by The Detroit News. “In the case of Ms. Ward, the university determined that she would never change her behavior and would consistently refuse to counsel clients on matters with which she was personally opposed due to her religious beliefs – including homosexual relationships.”

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The case is similar to a lawsuit the ADF filed against Augusta State University in Georgia. Counseling student Jennifer Keeton was allegedly told to stop sharing her Christian beliefs in order to graduate.

She was being just like those pharmacists who refuse to fill birth control pescriptions. If your personal beliefs prevent you from fulfilling the requirements of a certain kind of job, then you should find a career that doesn't conflict with your beliefs.

[MadMaddie]

3. We will hear how this particular Christian was prosecuted

waiting....

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[RKP5637]

4. Yep, I'm sure we will. What gripes me about these individuals is if they

would only just practice their beliefs and leave others alone, but no, they have to cram it down everyone else, and then they scream persecuted when told enough is enough. They are a pretty lame bunch to me. And the short of the story is, counseling IMO is the last place a professional would want bigots doing counseling.