What I stated a number of years ago in my article "When Sin Is No Longer A
Sin" is coming to pass more and more with each passing year. Man's misguided
laws regarding what is deemed acceptable human sexual conduct are slowly but
surely replacing God's Laws concerning the same.

It becomes evident more and more each day, that because of our Bible-based
beliefs regarding the immorality of the gay and lesbian lifestyle, we are
slowly being ostracized from society. The following Fox News article is yet
more proof of this.

I applaud this girl for standing up for her Christian beliefs. May God bless
her, strengthen her and comfort her during her times of trial.


Court Upholds Expulsion of Counseling Student Who Opposes Homosexuality

By Todd Starnes - Fox News

July 28, 2010


A federal judge ruled schools can expel students, like Julea Ward, who
believe homosexuality is morally wrong. Ward's lawsuit against Eastern
Michigan University was dismissed.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of a public university that removed a
Christian student from its graduate program in school counseling over her
belief that homosexuality is morally wrong. Monday's ruling, according to
Julea Ward's attorneys, could result in Christian students across the
country being expelled from public university for similar views.

"It's a very dangerous precedent," Jeremy Tedesco, legal counsel for the
conservative Alliance Defense Fund, told FOX News Radio. "The ruling doesn't
say that explicitly, but that's what is going to happen."

U.S. District Judge George Caram Steeh dismissed Ward's lawsuit against
Eastern Michigan University. She was removed from the school's counseling
program last year because she refused to counsel homosexual clients.

The university contended she violated school policy and the American
Counseling Association code of ethics.

"Christian students shouldn't be expelled for holding to and abiding by
their beliefs," said ADF senior counsel David French. "To reach its
decision, the court had to do something that's never been done in federal
court: uphold an extremely broad and vague university speech code."

Eastern Michigan University hailed the decision.

"We are pleased that the court has upheld our position in this matter," EMU
spokesman Walter Kraft said in a written statement. "Julea Ward was not
discriminated against because of her religion. To the contrary, Eastern
Michigan is deeply committed to the education of our students and welcomes
individuals from diverse backgrounds into our community."

In his 48-page opinion, Judge Steeh said the university had a rational basis
for adopting the ACA Code of Ethics.

"Furthermore, the university had a rational basis for requiring students to
counsel clients without imposing their personal values," he wrote in a
portion of his ruling posted by The Detroit News. "In the case of Ms. Ward,
the university determined that she would never change her behavior and would
consistently refuse to counsel clients on matters with which she was
personally opposed due to her religious beliefs - including homosexual
relationships."

Ward's attorneys claim the university told her she would only be allowed to
remain in the program if she went through a "remediation" program so that
she could "see the error of her ways" and change her belief system about
homosexuality.

The case is similar to a lawsuit the ADF filed against Augusta State
University in Georgia. Counseling student Jennifer Keeton was allegedly told
to stop sharing her Christian beliefs in order to graduate.

Keeton's lawsuit alleged that she was told to undergo a reeducation program
and attend "diversity sensitivity training."

University officials declined to comment on specifics of the lawsuit but
released a statement to FOX News that said Augusta State does not
discriminate on the basis of students' moral, religious, political or
personal beliefs.

Tedesco said both cases should be a warning to Christians attending public
colleges and universities.

"Public universities are imposing the ideological stances of private groups
on their students," he said. "If you don't comply, you will be kicked out.
It's scary stuff and it's not a difficult thing to see what's coming down
the pike."

The Alliance Defense Fund told FOX News it will appeal the ruling.



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