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Same-sex marriage thought police?

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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) activists would have us believe that the issue of marriage is about the "rights" and "equality" of homosexuals. But in reality, the push to redefine marriage is about demanding public approval and celebration of homosexuality. There is a difference. Slot machines are legal in some areas, but if the chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A had expressed a personal disapproval of gambling, would slot-machine supporters have demanded a boycott of his restaurants? What about smokers? Would they have lambasted Dan Cathy for expressing that he personally does not approve of smoking? No. Because at the end of the day, gamblers want the right to gamble, and smokers want the right to smoke cigarettes. Both groups, however, have accepted the fact that not everyone approves of their choice to do these things. But LGBT activists are not satisfied with being able to "love whomever they want."  California public schools h

Christian counseling student forced to undergo pro-homosexual ‘sensitivity training’ goes to court

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Keeton VNR from ADF Media Relations on Vimeo . News Print Article   |    Email Friend   |   Reprint Permissions Case of counseling student forced to undergo pro-homosexual ‘ sensitivity training ’ goes to court BY  BEN JOHNSON Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:57 EST Comments (11) Tags:  Freedom ,  Homosexuality ,  Jennifer Keeton   . WASHINGTON,  – After losing at a lower court, a counseling student at a public university in Georgia who was threatened with expulsion because she express discomfort with counseling homosexuals, is pleading her case before an Appeals Court this week. A  legal complaint  filed on behalf of Jennifer Keeton accuses Augusta State University of placing Keeton on academic probation after she refused to comply with faculty instructions that she must, in their words, “alter her beliefs” on homosexuality and “gender identity.” The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF)  is representing  her. The ADF’s media office told LifeSiteNews.com the court had placed a gag order on the c

Counseling Student Appeals Ruling Expelling Her For Christian Ethical Views

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... In 2010, Jennifer Keeton, 24, sued after the college required her to complete a remediation program or face expulsion for her anti-gay beliefs . Her lawsuit states that her views on gays were known to faculty at the university because of her “disagreement in several class discussions and in written assignments with the gay and lesbian ‘lifestyle.’”' ... Keeton has already been rebuffed by the courts. Earlier this year, a U.S. district judge ruled in the university’s favor. In supporting Augusta State in its actions, the judge wrote, “The record suggests, and the testimony at the hearing bolsters, the Plan was imposed because Plaintiff exhibited an inability to counsel in a professionally ethical manner – that is, an inability to resist imposing her moral viewpoint on counselees – in violation of the ACA Code of Ethics.” A classmate testified that Keeton said she would be compelled by her beliefs to tell gay or lesbian counseling clients that their behaviors were morally wr

Texas high school student suspended for saying homosexuality is wrong

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A Christian high school student was punished by his school this week for saying he believes “being a homosexual is wrong.” 14-year-old Dakota Ary was suspended for saying he believes being a homosexual is "wrong." Dakota Ary, 14, says his statement was part of a one-on-one conversation about religions in Germany with a friend sitting behind him during a language class, according to a local  Fox News report . “I guess [the teacher] heard me. He started yelling,” said Ary. “He told me he was going to write me an infraction and send me to the office.” Holly Pope, Ary’s mother, said she was in “disbelief” over the punishment. “My son is on the honor roll with great grades. I don’t have any problems out of him,” she said. The mother was not satisfied when the school principal reduced the in-school suspension from two days to one. She brought an attorney with her to meet the principal Wednesday and is demaning a promise of no retaliation over the event and that the event be remo