Posted on 04/23/2009 2:15:55 PM PDT by AreaMan
by Amanda Hamon | The Ann Arbor News
Monday April 06, 2009, 9:49 AM
A national legal group has filed a lawsuit against Eastern Michigan University on behalf of a graduate student who allegedly was dismissed from a counseling program because of her beliefs about homosexuality.
The complaint was filed Thursday with the U.S. District Court in Detroit, according to a federal database of lawsuits.
The Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom says student Julea Ward was dismissed from her graduate program in March after refusing to affirm a client's homosexual behavior prior to a counseling session, according to a press release from the group.
David French, ADF senior counsel, said the school initiated a disciplinary process against Ward despite the fact that she followed her supervising professor's advice and referred the client to a counselor who did not have a conscience issue with homosexuality.
Ward then allegedly was informed that the only way to stay in her program would be to undergo a remediation process to change her beliefs as they relate to counseling about homosexual relationships, the Defense Fund Center said. When she refused, she was given a formal review hearing, after which she was dismissed from the program. The dismissal was upheld March 26 by the dean of EMU's College of Education, the press release said.
EMU spokeswoman Pam Young released the following statement this morning: "Although Eastern Michigan University does not comment on pending litigation, we are a diverse campus with a strong commitment not to discriminate on the basis of gender, race, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression."
Admins, feel free to delete if it is a duplicate.
refusing to affirm a client’s homosexual behavior prior to a counseling session??
Not sure what that means.
"Wonderful"? The term is "fabulous!" Back to reprogramming for you.
I’m sure that the ACLU will be jumping to assist this young women in her case.
It means that she followed university rules. She read the patient’s file and determined that she could not advise him because of his homosexuality and therefore referred him to another counselor.
The Left exists to stamp out those with a Christian conscience.
Political correctness will be the end of us all. I just completed our company’s Corporate Ethics Training and passed by the skin of my teeth.
Instead of choosing the answers that I would normally choose, I selected the answers that I thought they wanted me to choose, AND STILL GOT IT WRONG! Their answers to ethics questions more often than not hinged not on evaluations of right or wrong, but on the perception of impropriety.
In other words, they were more concerned with what they “felt” others might “feel” about what they were doing rather than on the actions themselves.
I must be a dinosaur!
Slowly freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of thought are disappearing.
It means that she followed university rules. She read the patient’s file and determined that she could not advise him because of his homosexuality and therefore referred him to another counselor.
Then she did not try to shove her beliefs down the gay’s throat and stepped back gracefully. The left are totally unleashed!
Homo-nazi’s.
They’re infesting out colleges and universities.
And - of course - our Miss USA pageants.
Oh, really? Just what do you call this dismissal?
vaudine
“I’m sure that the ACLU will be jumping to assist this young women in her case.”
Same as the Bishops.
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Posted on 04/23/2009 4:06:49 PM PDT by careyb
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Posted on 04/23/2009 4:20:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Reason #1 not to return to my alma mater for the Masters. Bet they REALLY rake the education people over the coals.
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