Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette sided with an Eastern Michigan University student who claims her dismissal from the university for refusing to counsel gay and lesbian patients violated her religious belief. Eastern Michigan University discriminated against former student Julea Ward when it dismissed her from its counseling program after she said her Christian beliefs prohibited her from counseling a gay client, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said in a court filing, EMU said that her dismissal was not due to Ward’s beliefs but rather her refusal to counsel the patient and didn't follow the assigned curriculum and professional ethics guidelines set up the American Counseling Association.
Frankly to be blunt with my response to this article, I would have to say that I side with the side with the university. Julea Ward was not complying with what her counseling job required her to do, which is to council students regardless of their sexual preference. If Mrs. Ward is not willing to counsel any homosexual students, it could open the playing field to not counseling students that differ opinion in other areas as well. Yes, for some people who are very religious it can be difficult to council students that have radically different life styles but wouldn’t that be the case in any walk in life? Adversity surrounds us and everything we do, and Julea should not be exempt from tackling it in a work setting. If anything Julea could take her knowledge from her religious background and help the student. Just because someone is religious does not mean that they should deserve different rights from any other person. The student who was seeking counseling should be allowed to speak his or her mind without negative judgment, especially if they are going there to escape exactly that.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Possible Heir to Dalai Lama Cleared of Corruption Charges
A young Tibetan lama, recognized by the Dalai Lama as the 17th Karmapa, a top spot in the Tibetan religious hierarchy of reincarnated leaders, has been caught up for the past month in legal scandal. This article goes to say that the main surprise of this whole ordeal is not the actual crime that the Karmapa and his village is being accused of but rather why is he being targeted?
the initial crime that they are being charged on is warehousing Chinese money in monks' dwellings. Many say the widely-hyped investigation was an indication of the strain between India and China regarding Tibet, and an ominous suggestion of trouble to come for the Tibetan culture-in-exile once the Dalai Lama, now 75, is gone.
Apparently donations came in small notes from different countries. Helpers and translators were accepting and writing down each transaction in great detail, the names of the people, for whom they were praying for, and for what reason. This seemingly innocuous religious exercise last month snowballed into startling news after police seized more than a million dollars in cash at the Karmapa’s makeshift headquarters near Dharamsala in North India.After the money was seized, all the key figures in the state, including the head of the police, were seen on television, joined forces and declared him guilty long before the investigation was over. A few weeks later, he was acquitted of any wrong doings... but yet the media and many from india and china have been struggling to let it past.
I am truly shocked that governments can riffle and skew things about such a important man. Frankly he was cleared of all of his charges, but then was victimized even further, without any real justification for doing so. This basically was a fulll political war in which a important tibetan lama was caught in the cross fire. one important thing that this whole thing did through was bring some light onto what is really happening within the government platforms, which could help clear some stuff up, and make law making and communication better. If it was any other average person I don't think that they could have checked out so clearly than the Lama....so? it was probably a positive thing that it was him being victimized.
the initial crime that they are being charged on is warehousing Chinese money in monks' dwellings. Many say the widely-hyped investigation was an indication of the strain between India and China regarding Tibet, and an ominous suggestion of trouble to come for the Tibetan culture-in-exile once the Dalai Lama, now 75, is gone.
Apparently donations came in small notes from different countries. Helpers and translators were accepting and writing down each transaction in great detail, the names of the people, for whom they were praying for, and for what reason. This seemingly innocuous religious exercise last month snowballed into startling news after police seized more than a million dollars in cash at the Karmapa’s makeshift headquarters near Dharamsala in North India.After the money was seized, all the key figures in the state, including the head of the police, were seen on television, joined forces and declared him guilty long before the investigation was over. A few weeks later, he was acquitted of any wrong doings... but yet the media and many from india and china have been struggling to let it past.
I am truly shocked that governments can riffle and skew things about such a important man. Frankly he was cleared of all of his charges, but then was victimized even further, without any real justification for doing so. This basically was a fulll political war in which a important tibetan lama was caught in the cross fire. one important thing that this whole thing did through was bring some light onto what is really happening within the government platforms, which could help clear some stuff up, and make law making and communication better. If it was any other average person I don't think that they could have checked out so clearly than the Lama....so? it was probably a positive thing that it was him being victimized.
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