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Truly Alarming Attack on Freedom of Religion

Submitted by ehud on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 15:52
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I head about this case on the radio today and couldn't find any news stories on it in Google News. This story should be headline news, and among other things it demonstrates why the right needs to develop our own online news outlets (like Huffington Post) and not just opinion outlets.

http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=4899

excerpts:

 DETROIT — Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom filed a lawsuit against Eastern Michigan University Thursday after school officials dismissed a student from the school’s counseling program for not affirming homosexual behavior as morally acceptable.  The school dismissed Julea Ward from the program because she would not agree prior to a counseling session to affirm a client’s homosexual behavior and would not retract her stance in subsequent disciplinary proceedings

..."When a public university has a prerequisite of affirming homosexual behavior as morally good in order to obtain a degree, the school is stepping over the legal line.  Julea did the responsible thing and followed her supervising professor’s advice to have the client referred to a counselor who did not have a conscience issue with the very matter to be discussed in counseling.  She would have gladly counseled the client if the subject had been nearly any other matter."

...EMU initiated its disciplinary process against Ward and informed her that the only way she could stay in the graduate school counseling program would be if she agreed to undergo a "remediation" program.  Its purpose would be to help Ward "see the error of her ways" and change her "belief system" as it relates to counseling about homosexual relationships, conforming her beliefs to be consistent with the university’s views.  When Ward did not agree with the conditions, she was given the options of either voluntarily leaving the program or asking for a formal review hearing.Ward chose the hearing, during which EMU faculty denigrated her Christian views and asked several inappropriate and intrusive questions about her religious beliefs.  The hearing committee dismissed her from the counseling program on March 12.  Ward appealed the decision to the dean of the College of Education, who upheld the dismissal on March 26.

 

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total lies.

Submitted by RisingTide on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 15:57.

http://studentactivism.net/2009/04/09/why-julea-ward/

enjoy teh google!

Good

Submitted by thirdeblue on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 18:21.

Sounds like another clown not capable of doing the job they are professionally and ethically bound to do.  If your convictions prevent you for following the rigors of your profession, you need to get a new job.

ever read the constitution?

Submitted by ehud on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 12:21.

 Values conflicts erupt all the time in various professions, and their existence has nothing to do with one's ability to the job. The standard procedure in these cases is to refer the patient to someone else. 

This is a question about freedom of belief and indoctrination by public institutions. 

ever read the fucking textbook?

Submitted by RisingTide on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 12:27.

that's explicitly not what's taught here. and legistimized in the teaching materials.

if you want to scream holy hell about a text book, well, luv, go right ahead.

ever tooken a speling clas?

Submitted by ehud on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 12:35.

or an english. class or a logic class,,, 

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tooken

Submitted by RisingTide on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 12:38.

yes, and I can cite my sources.

http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/LUV

Tooken appears to be ungrammatical even for the AAVE.

For people who profess to be

Submitted by Double D on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 00:03.

For people who profess to be all for allowing private institutions the right to hire or fire based on whatever criteria they like, you so-called conservatives sure do like to sue when things don't go your way.

If this was a case of a Catholic institution removing an athiest, I bet this would be an entirely different kind of post.

Aside: I reiterate, I am not a liberal.  I am a Libertarian.  Let the university hire or fire who they will.  If the community doen't like it, the market will solve the problem.

hello?

Submitted by ehud on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 12:17.

 This is a public university not a private organization. 

Have you ever heard of the First Amendment? Do we really want to goverment making decisions about what someone's beliefs are and whether they are legitimate? 

 

Liberty

Submitted by ehud on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 12:33.

If you're a libertarian I think you would value something called liberty. 

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