Not ignoring it. It is just not something the school should be too concerned with. If she was to be fired in some high profile way, would the story include what college she went to? Probably not. Is she being fired for her lack of ability in her job, or her personal beliefs, which the school should have no say over?JohnG@lt wrote:
You're ignoring the hit to the schools reputation that would come out of any high profile firing. A schools reputation is all that it has. Schools kick people out regularly for failing academically. This is no different.LividBovine wrote:
Yes, but.HollisHurlbut wrote:
Why does this fact detract from the credibility of the article? Why does this fact make anything in the article less likely to be true?
Also, the law protects everyone, even people who discriminate.
She should have been allowed to complete her education. And then be perfectly free to be fired from any school for not doing her job when she refuses counseling to a gay student.
Funding could be an issue here though. This is a public school and probably receives a fair amount of public monies to operate. Should this affect the schools ability to say who can and cannot finish their education? What if a private college (yes, still receive public funding) was to do the same thing?
Most of the time, if not all, a private party or business should be able to discriminate at will. In this case there is public funding, the school should not be able to tell her how to think. Their job is to educate her, not police her thoughts. If she leaves school and gets fired from her job because she is not performing her duties to the standard a business has set as acceptable, so be it.
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