http://www.easternecho.com A source for all of the breaking news that occurs locally and at Eastern Michigan University. en-us Gryphon 2.3.1-dsw (pewabic)/Foundry5 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:00:58 -0400 webmaster@easternecho.com http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/945 Liberals want and apparently have it both ways restricting imposing ones own beliefs while requiring adherence to another set, their set of beliefs. Emu will not be out of this controversy very easily. Emu-education first, religious liberty not a close second. ~Unproud alum Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:29:25 -0400 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/945 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/946 Anyone refusing to live up to the required standards of their chosen profession should not be allowed to be a part of that profession. No matter what god tells them. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:56:17 -0400 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/946 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/948 As soon as a “christian” can show where it says that homosexuality is a sin…. they can espouse it as a belief. Because they are “christians” they have to follow the new rules set forth in the new testament and no where in there does it state that its a sin. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:25:39 -0400 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/948 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/949 And if she had claimed she wouldn’t counsel blacks based on her religious beliefs, would anyone be arguing to protect those beliefs? Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:14:57 -0400 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/949 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/950 If this was a Muslim wearing a veil, I assure you she would rapidly be allowed to graduate. Just another left wing libtard college imposing their hatemongering on others. Glad this is being appealed Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:12:35 -0400 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/950 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/952 EMU Social Work tenured faculty teach referral as an appropriate means to avoid being in a situation the counselor/social worker felt may violate their own values/sensibilities/biases. How is it ok for social workers and not counselors. There is a discrepancy in how EMU approaches the issue in different depts. the NT furthers the OT teaching (Leviticus 20:13) that homosexuality is sin and immoral, 1 cor. 6:9-10, Rom. 1:26-27. Jesus taught that he did not abolish the law but to fulfill it in fact, increase its scope and reach. Thought and belief should be protected. What is going to continue to happen is certain thoughts and beliefs, in the this context, judeo-christian ethics, become suppressed. For a Christian, homosexuality isn’t about one’s skin color or one’s nationality, its about moral behavior. However, if her religious did teach that being black was immoral, you might have a point. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:04:25 -0400 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/952 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/953 So if a counselor was assigned to see a pedophile client, the counselor would have to uphold the views of the client or be expelled from the program? If the counselor had Christian or atheist views against pedophilia, they should be expelled as well? “the university had a rational basis for requiring students to counsel clients without imposing their personal values,” “Rational basis.” Right. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:09:28 -0400 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/953 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/956 By profession I am an HIV Prevention Specialist for the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health. Part of my job involves doing HIV testing and counseling; I also teach other social workers and health care professionals how to do the same. The definition of HIV prevention counseling is to assist clients in making behavior changes that can reduce their risk for acquiring or transmitting HIV. But counseling of ANY kind relies on certain skills and concepts, and one of the three important “Counseling Concepts” is this: MANAGE YOUR OWN DISCOMFORT. Anyone who does HIV prevention counseling is invariably going to be confronted with sexual behaviors and drug use behaviors that make us uncomfortable. But if we are unable to manage that discomfort, the counseling session will not be effective. If one of my clients feels that I’m being judgmental and sanctimonious, rather than caring and empathetic, that’s going to drive a big barrier between me and that person. Julea Ward is entitled to her views about homosexuality. But COUNSELING is the wrong profession for her, as any professional counselor will have you know. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:03:07 -0400 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/956 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/957 I think it is interesting that when I did a google search for this case, the University’s student paper had the most unbiased article simply representing the facts. Thanks Eastern Echo. Good job. Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:00:58 -0400 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/957