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FTA: "Keeton's views 'depart from what 'the psychological research about GLBTQ (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning) populations asserts'
by earl 16y ago
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"Keeton's views 'depart from what 'the psychological research about GLBTQ (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning) populations asserts' that that 'sexual orientation is not a lifestyle or choice, but a state of being,'' faculty members said."
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"Keeton told faculty members, 'I can’t alter my biblical beliefs, and I will not affirm the morality of those behaviors in a counseling situation.'"
So basically, she's another christian asshole frothing at the mouth to go out and hate her some gay people. To her shock, the school is refusing to give her the veneer of respectability by granting her a masters degree in counseling. Why is it news that your silly beliefs don't override professional obligations in fields like counseling, psychiatry, medicine, etc?
- kazoolist 16y agoI'm going to ignore the utterly-intolerant and ignorant last paragraph of your comment, but weigh in on the starting part of your comment. You seem to assert that those two statements: a.) "research about GLBTQ populations asserts ... orientation is ... a state of being" and b.) "[Keeton] will not affirm the morality of those behaviors" are contradictory. Are they? Does psychological research dictate morality? That seems to be what you're saying. What about other behaviors society more consistently deems as immoral, like drunkenness? If some day the "psychological research about alcoholic populations asserts that that propensity to drink in excess is not a lifestyle or choice, but a state of being", would that suddenly make drunkenness moral? Do you truly believe morality comes from the dictates of psychological research?