I see what you're saying and I actually agree with the point that they shouldn't have tried to change her beliefs. However, they were trying to give her the opportunity to stay in the program and made it clear that the only way she could be a counselor is if she was willing to set aside her beliefs and be objective.
She couldn't, which made her incompatible with the college's course of study. Her argument that they were violating her First Amendment rights is fallacious because they actually weren't trying to what she believed only letting her know that if she couldn't set it aside for the good of her patients, she wouldn't be allowed to be a mainstream counselor.
A counsellor with those beliefs, who seems incapable of separating them from her professional career, could be incredibly damaging since she'd be dealing with people who are already in a vulnerable position.
Exactly, :(.
It wasn't so much that she believed that way - it was that she refused to set those beliefs aside for the good of her patients, :(.
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Date: 2010-10-06 09:02 pm (UTC)She couldn't, which made her incompatible with the college's course of study. Her argument that they were violating her First Amendment rights is fallacious because they actually weren't trying to what she believed only letting her know that if she couldn't set it aside for the good of her patients, she wouldn't be allowed to be a mainstream counselor.
A counsellor with those beliefs, who seems incapable of separating them from her professional career, could be incredibly damaging since she'd be dealing with people who are already in a vulnerable position.
Exactly, :(.
It wasn't so much that she believed that way - it was that she refused to set those beliefs aside for the good of her patients, :(.