Appeals Court Revives Case of Antigay Counseling Student…
A federal appeals court ruled that Julea Ward, a graduate counseling student expelled from Eastern Michigan University after she refused to see a gay client, might have been discriminated against because of her faith.
The Religion News Service reports on the decision Friday from the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A lower court had sided with the university, but the appeals court sent the case back to a district court for another hearing, saying that Ward may have a valid claim that her First Amendment rights to free speech and freedom of religion were violated.
They court did not rule in Ward’s favor, they just sent it back to the lower court…
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