Augusta State University student Jennifer Keeton was told that her beliefs about homosexuality are "unethical and incompatible with the prevailing views of the counseling profession" and directed to attend "diversity sensitivity training." Anti-gay Christian legal organization the Alliance Defense Fund took the university to court in a lawsuit on Keeton’s behalf, saying that she was the victim of anti-Christian discrimination.
Keeton, 24, views homosexuality as a choice made by gay individuals, rather than as an innate characteristic. She also views physical intimacy between consenting adults of the same gender as sinful. Still, Keeton contends, her views would not impede her ability to approach gays as a professional counselor.
The mental health profession has long rejected the pathologization on gays and lesbians, and even some churches that are otherwise stalwartly anti-gay--such as the Catholic Church, which actively seeks to obstruct and roll back rights and protections for GLBT individuals and families--acknowledge that the scientific evidence is highly suggestive of homosexuality being an innate trait that is neither "chosen" nor, for the most part, "changeable." Click post title to visit the edge where I found story.
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