Thursday, December 22, 2011

UPDATE 2: Jennifer Keeton Loses Again

I've written about this delusional hack a few times [Counselor Of Hate and UPDATE: Judge Rejects Jennifer Keeton's Lawsuit] but, to recap, Jennifer Keeton wanted to be a counselor, and enrolled at Augusta State University in Georgia. When she made it clear that she believes homosexuality is a choice, that it is immoral, unnatural, and a “lifestyle choice” that can be reversed through “conversion therapy” and stated that she would use that belief to counsel people, school officials felt she could not be an effective counselor and asked her to to enroll in a remediation program so that she might have more reasonable and open-minded beliefs about LGBT people.
She didn't want to do that, and so she sued the school.
The court disagreed with Jennifer Keeton, finding that the university had sought only to have her learn to not let her personal views affect the counseling she would provide to LGBT clients.
Which, you know, is kinda what a counselor does.
Jennifer Keeton was not happy :::foot-stomp, head-snap:::: and so she appealed that decision. But, last week, in a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals agreed with the first court ruling, and said that because Jennifer Keeton was unlikely to prevail in her lawsuit, a court order for her at this stage was unwarranted.
And, in an effort to educate this delusional hack, the court noted that the requirements of the counseling program--needed for its continued accreditation and compliance with the American Counseling Association’s Code of Ethics--are similar to the rules for judges, who must apply laws even if they consider them erroneous.
See, no one, not the university or the courts, is saying Jennifer Keeton doesn't have the right to her opinions, they are simply saying that she could not be an effective counselor, with those beliefs, and that she was not in compliance with the ACA ethics code.
She can counsel all she wants; and maybe she can find a job counseling her antiquated 'conversion therapy' beliefs. 
Perhaps Miss Marcus Bachmann will give her a job.


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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:04 AM

    What a loser. Now a three time loser.

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  2. Me thinks she really doesn't want to be a counselor but more along the lines of the next darling of the evangelical crowd - it could have been a calculated chain of events.

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  3. Oh, boo-hoo! Poor Lamb! Marcus probably wouldn't want her. She has a va-jay-jay after all...

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  4. And sometimes there actually IS justice!

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  5. And the worst part; she's already qualified to work as a counselor with Marcus Bachmann. Minnesota doesn't require a degree in the field.

    I guess it's best to take the small victories.

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  6. Fantastic post and update. I completely forgot about this twit.

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  7. You can have whatever spiritual beliefs you want to, but thankfully science, psychology, and medicine don't have to share them with you.

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