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MI: Grad student takes stand for faith, denied degree

By Alliance Alert

OneNewsNow: "A Michigan woman [Julea Ward] denied a Master's degree in counseling will have her day in court . . . 'The school said, 'Well, you have to.' And Julea said, 'Well, that would violate my fundamental religious beliefs to do that' -- and they said, 'Sorry, you're dismissed from our program,'' [recounts] Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorney [Jeremy Tedesco]. 'And so the real fundamental question here is, can Christians maintain adherence to their core beliefs and still get a degree from a public school?'"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on April 06, 2010 (boomark / email).