Still, doesn’t say much for the current state of America when a federal judge has to order an institution to be tolerant of Christianity.
(Washington Examiner) — Federal judges reminded Eastern Michigan University (EMU) that “tolerance is a two-way street,” as they ruled against EMU in a case involving a graduate student who was apparently dismissed from a counseling program after she refused to violate her Christian beliefs by giving homosexual relationship counselling.
“Although the university submits it dismissed [Julea] Ward from the program because her request for a referral violated the [American Counseling Association] ACA code of ethics,” wrote Sixth Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Sutton, “a reasonable jury could find otherwise–that the code of ethics contains no such bar and that the university deployed it as a pretext for punishing Ward’s religious views and speech.” The Sixth Circuit Court overturned a lower court’s decison, ruling that Ward’s lawsuit against EMU should go to a jury trial.