Court sides with university, ADF to appeal
Melonie Manning - OneNewsNow - 7/28/2010 2:00:00 PMAlliance Defense Fund (ADF) will appeal the federal court decision that allows Eastern Michigan University to expel Christian student Julea Ward from the counseling program for not affirming homosexual behavior as morally acceptable.
David French, senior counsel for ADF, argued last month before the U.S. District Court that "Christian students shouldn't be expelled for holding to and abiding by their beliefs."
However, when Ward did not agree to undergo a "remediation program" that would help her "see the error of her ways" and change her "belief system," she was dismissed from the program -- a decision made by the EMU faculty and upheld by the dean of EMU College of Education.
ADF notes a school policy that prohibits "discrimination based on...sexual orientation" and prohibits students from condoning what the university describes as discrimination. Another guideline permits the counseling department to discipline students for failing to "tolerate different points of view."
French explains that the appeal will be made in hopes that the Sixth Circuit "will understand the constitutional issues involved in the case."
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