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**polleroy** · 10-06-2011, 01:32 PM

Funny how judgmental a lot of people on this forum are. The woman clearly saw that due to her personal, religious beliefs she was not qualified to deal with this persons "issue" and asked for guidance from her superior (Professor) who told her to refer the patient to another counselor. Happens all the time for various reasons. Would you prefer she "fake the funk" and give the client less than quality advice? She did nothing wrong and slamming her for her personal views/beliefs makes a hypocrite of you all. This case will wind up in her favor. The school can no more discriminate against her for having religious beliefs than they can refuse treatment to homosexuals (which they did not do). The bottom line is the patient was seen by a counselor better equipped to deal with their problem/issue. The school should have let it be but now they are running the risk of a pay day for the counselor and egg on their face. Discrimination is a double edged sword.

She knew when she was hired that she had to treat every student and the school had a non-descrimination policy. Granted she did the right thing by still getting the student help, but why should the school keep someone on their payroll who will only see certain students and not others. Her religious beliefs don't even really come into it. She refused to do her job and got someone else to do it for her, she's a shitty employee.

10-06-2011, 01:32 PM	#14
polleroy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 372 Senior Member	Funny how judgmental a lot of people on this forum are. The woman clearly saw that due to her personal, religious beliefs she was not qualified to deal with this persons "issue" and asked for guidance from her superior (Professor) who told her to refer the patient to another counselor. Happens all the time for various reasons. Would you prefer she "fake the funk" and give the client less than quality advice? She did nothing wrong and slamming her for her personal views/beliefs makes a hypocrite of you all. This case will wind up in her favor. The school can no more discriminate against her for having religious beliefs than they can refuse treatment to homosexuals (which they did not do). The bottom line is the patient was seen by a counselor better equipped to deal with their problem/issue. The school should have let it be but now they are running the risk of a pay day for the counselor and egg on their face. Discrimination is a double edged sword. She knew when she was hired that she had to treat every student and the school had a non-descrimination policy. Granted she did the right thing by still getting the student help, but why should the school keep someone on their payroll who will only see certain students and not others. Her religious beliefs don't even really come into it. She refused to do her job and got someone else to do it for her, she's a shitty employee.
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