Legal Opinion
Julea Ward v. Vernon Polite
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 27, 2012No. 10-2100, 10-2145PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
In its graduate-level counseling-degree program, Eastern Michigan University prohibits students from discriminating against others based on sexual orientation and teaches students to affirm a client’s values during counseling sessions. In three years with the program, Julea Ward frequently expressed a conviction that her faith (Christianity) prevented her from affirming a client’s same-sex relationships as well as certain heterosexual conduct, such as extra-marital relationships. That stance did not sit well with the values-affirming lessons of her counseling…
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