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[Rick Duncan]

Here is another example--from the Religion Clause blog-- of the inevitable conflict between gay rights and religious liberty:




Former Student Challenges University's Requirements for Counseling Practicum



Last week, a former graduate student at Michigan State University
filed suit in a Michigan federal district court alleging that she was
unconstitutionally dismissed from the University's graduate Counselling
Program solely because her religious beliefs and expression regarding
homosexual behavior contradicted those of the University's counseling
department. Ward believes that homosexual behavior is immoral and can
be changed. In Ward v. Members of the Board of Control of Eastern Michigan University, (ED MI, filed 4/2/2009) (full text of complaint),
Julea Ward alleged that disciplinary proceedings were brought against
her because in her Counseling Practicum course she referred a
homosexual client to another counsellor rather than affirm and validate
the client's homosexual conduct. She was told that to remain in the
program she would need to undergo a "remediation" program to "see the
error of her ways" and change her "belief system" on homosexual
conduct. Alliance Defense Fund issued a release
announcing the filing of the lawsuit. The University today refused
specific comment, but said that it is a "diverse campus with a strong
commitment not to discriminate on the basis of gender, race,
disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or
expression." (Ann Arbor News.)


Another is what public schools teach impressionable children about marriage and human sexuality in states where the law affirms the goodness of homosexual marriages and relationships. The law is a seminar and the public school curricula, which is taught to all our children, will reflect what the law teaches about marriage and sexual orientation.

Again, school vouchers would allow parents to opt out of the "common" curriculum and avoid the inevitable conflict that arises when one side of the culture war gets to teach the other side's children what is the true, the good and the beautiful.

Cheers, Rick Duncan



      
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