A former graduate student is taking her suit against Augusta State University to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Jennifer Keeton says her expulsion from school for refusing remedial assistance in counseling violated her religious freedom rights in requiring her to act against her beliefs.
Keeton has already been rebuffed by the courts. Earlier this year, a U.S. district judge ruled in the university’s favor.
In supporting Augusta State in its actions, the judge wrote, “The record suggests, and the testimony at the hearing bolsters, the Plan was imposed because Plaintiff exhibited an inability to counsel in a professionally ethical manner – that is, an inability to resist imposing her moral viewpoint on counselees – in violation of the ACA Code of Ethics.”
