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by OneNewsNow<\/strong><\/p>\n

A counseling student has filed suit against a university in Georgia because she claims the school is forcing her to abandon her Christian beliefs in order to receive a degree.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Jennifer Keeton, 24, is pursuing her master’s degree in counseling at\u00a0Augusta State University<\/a>. But after her professors learned of her biblical beliefs — specifically her views on homosexual conduct — from both classroom discussions and private conversations with other students, the school imposed a “remediation plan.”
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\n“It’s in essence [telling her] ‘you do not have the correct beliefs, we are going to re-educate you into the correct beliefs,'” explains David French, senior counsel with the\u00a0Alliance Defense Fund<\/a>. “And unless she completes this — quote — ‘remediation plan’ to their satisfaction, then she can be thrown out of [the school’s counseling program].” Click here <\/a>to continue reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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