You raise interesting issues. Is “witnessing” (an activity Christians are enjoined by their religion to do, albeit not in all circumstances) something similar to “proselytizing” (something Moslems vehemently oppose, other than their own)? Does not extolling the virtues of a positive acceptance, if not open glorification, of homosexual lifestyles constitute “proselytizing”? If not, why not?
I’m not familiar with the protocols of professional counseling, but I can’t imagine counseling taking place in a values vacuum. So the question arises, what values? What values are acceptable for counseling? Surely not human sacrifice, or the blood sacrifice of goats or chickens in lieu of humans. Nor, we must think, the advocating of female bondage for the purposes of prostitution. But at Augusta State, by all accounts Christian values must be numbered right along with blood sacrifice and female bondage as unacceptable for Counseling values.
“. . . it really would be inappropriate for a counselor to couch her practice, advice or therapy with “her qualifiers”.”
What does that mean? If the accusation is that Miss Keeton is “proselytizing” (that is, “witnessing” or “preaching”), whence comes the charge? We’ve no indication Miss Keeton has given a signal that her intention is to “convert” homosexuals or other unbelievers. If a patient were to confess pedophilia (someone in serious need of counseling), would it be “inappropriate” for a counselor to couch his practice advice or therapy with certain “qualifiers”? Would not the counselor be roundly condemned for a failure to do exactly that? Yet Miss Keeton’s values apparently are not acceptable, however mildly expressed.
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