Duty vs. Conscience.. Mildred Gaddis and the Feds.. Detroit Summer Song..

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Julea Ward was dismissed from a counseling program at Eastern Michigan University in 2009 after she refused to counsel a gay student based on her Christian religious beliefs and, according to school officials, declined to work with the university to resolve the issue.

Michigan's House passed a bill Tuesday that would prohibit the state's public universities from taking such action in the future. The bill HB 5040 is being called the "Julea Ward freedom of conscience act" in honor of Ward.

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	Imani Mixon: The New Detroit As a native Detroiter, being back in the city for the summer reminds me that the city is entering a peculiar era as a new group of Detroiters move in while many lifelong city dwellers seek lives elsewhere, oftentimes due to uncontrollable situations.