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**seooptiman** · 10-05-2011, 07:11 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/05...est=latestnews

An attorney for a graduate student claiming she was wrongfully dismissed from her counseling job at a Michigan college because she refused to work with gay and bisexual clients argued in federal court Tuesday that his client was discriminated against because of her religious beliefs -- while the school insists her actions violated school policy.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati heard arguments in the case involving Julea Ward, a Detroit-area public school teacher. In July 2010, a federal judge dismissed Ward's lawsuit against Eastern Michigan University (EMU) after the school successfully contended she violated school policy and the American Counseling Association's code of ethics, which forbids counselors from discrimination in clinical practice

I don't know what the American Counseling Association's code of ethics are as in if it says anything about religious preferences but she didn't discriminate - she did try to find another counselor after talking with her supervisor. So she still tried to help the client and I think she was right to do that in the view of making sure that person got the best counseling they could. So why would the school be upset about that? Now if she did violate the ACA code then it may be different. Don't counselors/therapists commonly refer patients to another counselor if they don't think they can help?

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seooptiman Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 546 Senior Member	Graduate Student Says She Was Dismissed From Program Due to Beliefs Toward Homosexual http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/05...est=latestnews An attorney for a graduate student claiming she was wrongfully dismissed from her counseling job at a Michigan college because she refused to work with gay and bisexual clients argued in federal court Tuesday that his client was discriminated against because of her religious beliefs -- while the school insists her actions violated school policy. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati heard arguments in the case involving Julea Ward, a Detroit-area public school teacher. In July 2010, a federal judge dismissed Ward's lawsuit against Eastern Michigan University (EMU) after the school successfully contended she violated school policy and the American Counseling Association's code of ethics, which forbids counselors from discrimination in clinical practice I don't know what the American Counseling Association's code of ethics are as in if it says anything about religious preferences but she didn't discriminate - she did try to find another counselor after talking with her supervisor. So she still tried to help the client and I think she was right to do that in the view of making sure that person got the best counseling they could. So why would the school be upset about that? Now if she did violate the ACA code then it may be different. Don't counselors/therapists commonly refer patients to another counselor if they don't think they can help?
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