Slog - Comments on Evangelical Guidance Counselor=Pregnant Students=You're Not Doing Your Job. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s The Fundy Pharmacists' argument that they shouldn't have to do anything on the job that conflicts with their religious beliefs got put to the test in the 7th Circuit. The fundamentalists' argument lost. In this case, a guidance counselor at a rural Wisconsin school complained that she was unjustly fired for following her religious beliefs on the job: She refused to give out literature about condoms and instead, gave out abstinence-only lit. Not surprisingly, several teens got pregnant. (She also prayed with students when they came to her with their problems. Probably the pregnant ones.) The 7th Circuit ruled against... Copyright 2008 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:25:40 -0800 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:48:23 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Dianna All I can say is, Thank God!

So if a pharmacist were oh, say, a Christian Scientist, should they be allowed to refuse to dispense any medicine whatsoever?

]]> Dianna http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851352 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851352 News Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:30:29 -0800 Comment by monkey “A Cowlike Dinosaur Comes into Focus.”

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851356 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851356 News Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:33:46 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe @2

Nicceeee!

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851361 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851361 News Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:39:36 -0800 Comment by JasonC finally some fucking sanity. thank you!

]]> JasonC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851363 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851363 News Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:40:34 -0800 Comment by Levislade This is good news. I was just waiting for the day when cab companies and transit agencies would be forbidden from firing Amish drivers who would never even set foot in a vehicle or train due to their beliefs.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851373 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851373 News Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:47:23 -0800 Comment by Julie It's nice to see little rays of hope like this every once in awhile. The fundies haven't totally taken over...

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851405 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851405 News Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:21:56 -0800 Comment by gillsans Anybody watch The Office last night?

]]> gillsans http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851444 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851444 News Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:53:51 -0800 Comment by David Comment #2 wins the internets for the next several days.

]]> David http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851470 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851470 News Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:10:10 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle About time someone did that.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851474 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851474 News Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:12:06 -0800 Comment by Vince History is replete with examples of Christians imposing their myths and superstitions on the public and it, of course,leads to disaster. One example is they killed all the cats they could get their hands on because they believed they were the devils kittys. This lead to an enormous influx of rats, which lead to the fleas that caused the black plague ,killing thousands. When you abandon science and research for religious non-sense you deserve the results.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851492 News Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:24:13 -0800 Comment by Hernandez I agree with the decision on principle, and hope that this will be utilized to strike down other impositions of private religious beliefs on public institutions, but I'm wondering how the school administration reached the conclusion that her refusal to distribute information about birth control was directly responsible for the six teen pregnancies? It seems like that's what they were asserting...anyone know what the average teen pregancy rates for schools like this one are?

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851597 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851597 News Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:40:49 -0800 Comment by Julie @11, maybe it wasn't that the administration said "your abstinence-only approach led to 6 pregnancies", but "hey, we've had six pregnancies now, we'd like to change our approach", and she wouldn't do it. Presumably the school/district gets to decide whether they take an abstinence-only or comprehensive approach, not this woman.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851605 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/evangelical_guidance_counselorpregnant_s#c851605 News Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:48:23 -0800