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A graduate student in Georgia is suing her university after she was told she must undergo a remediation program due to her beliefs on homosexuality and transgendered persons.
The student, Jennifer Keeton, 24, has been pursuing a master's degree
in school
counseling at Augusta State University since 2009, but school officials have informed her that she'll be dismissed from the program unless she alters her "central religious beliefs on human nature and conduct," according to a civil complaint filed last week.
The student, Jennifer Keeton, 24, has been pursuing a master's degree
in school
counseling at Augusta State University since 2009,
The Code of Ethics prohibits counselors from discriminating based on a number of factors, including gender identity and sexual orientation. "Counselors do not discriminate against clients, students, employees, supervisees, or research participants in a manner that has a negative impact on these persons," the code says.
Originally posted by semperfortis
Same link..
School Counseling..
I would imagine once she gets her degree, any potential employers can evaluate her and her beliefs; this is not the duty of the school...
Evelyn Beatrice Hall, (1868 - 19??), who wrote under the pseudonym S.G. Tallentyre, was an English writer best known for her biography of Voltaire with the title The Friends of Voltaire, which she completed in 1906. Hall wrote the phrase: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," (which is often misattributed to Voltaire), as an illustration of Voltaire's beliefs in her biography on him. Hall's quote is often cited to describe the principle of freedom of speech.
Originally posted by c g henderson
I guess people are missing the fact that she wants to be a school counselor. This particular religious belief actually kind of relates to the education necessary for that.
I would imagine once she gets her degree, any potential employers can evaluate her and her beliefs; this is not the duty of the school...
ennifer Keeton is a 24 year old white, Christian woman working on a master’s degree in school counseling at Augusta State University in Georgia.