No, I read them. You're assumption is that, well, she would do more harm than good. And it's purely an assumption. Tried and convicted before the fact. Therefore, let's relegate Ms. Keeton to a (more expensive) private institution where she (and aaall the rest of us) will be "happier".
Poppycock.
That's actually the assumption of the highly trained and experienced Ph.D level faculty. You can sort through all of the profiles
here, but to summarize, here are the qualifications of the defendants in the case.
Dr. Paulette Schenck - MS.Ed in Couseling (South Dakota State University, 1984), Ph.D in Education and HR Studies with concentrations in Counselor Education and Human Development (Colorado State University, 2009). She started working at the Girls Club of Pueblo, CO in 1987 and worked as a high school counselor from 1990 to 1998, and has been a counseling professor since 1991.
Dr. Richard Deener - M.Ed in Community Counseling (Lynchburg College, 1998), Ph.D in Counselor Education (South Carolina, 2006). He's worked in various positions involving the mental health issues of children from 1994 to 2003 and has been working in Counselor Education programs since January 2004.
Dr. Wayne Lord - Masters in Music Education (South Carolina, 1975), Educational Specialist in Educational Administration (South Carolina, 1990), Ph.D in Educational Administration (South Carolina, 1993). He started as a music teacher in 1972 and moved up to South Carolina's state coordinator for Gifted and Talented Programs before moving to the University level in 2006.
Dr. Mary Anderson-Wiley - M.Ed in Special Education (Southeastern Louisiana University, 1985), M.Ed in Counselor Education (University of New Orleans, 1999), PhD. in Counselor Education (University of New Orleans, 2002). She's been all over the place sort of, due to her educational background. First listed job was as a a resource room teacher in 1978 (these classrooms often include professionals with a counseling background), other jobs include special ed teacher and various counseling jobs, starting in 1986 and continuing until 2002 where she started at ASU as a counseling faculty member. Many of her publications and conference presentations revolve around issues of sexuality, teen suicide, and disability.
Ms. Keeton isn't learning how to set tables for a dinner service. Counseling is a very high stakes job where one wrong incorrect assessment can see a client walk out of your door and commit suicide. That's a very real thing that we were reminded of regularly in nearly every single one of our classes.
I can claim to be more educated in the field than most posters here (I won't say all as I haven't reviewed any of your resumes), but I am no expert in the field. I'll defer to the assessments of her faculty. Additionally, given that Georgia is 70% Protestant and 12% Catholic, I'm willing to bet that Ms. Keeton is not the only Christian in the program and probably not the only who holds those view points against homosexuality. She is probably the only one who has found her way into this predicament because she's unwilling to adhere to professional guidelines (and science) that indicate that homosexuality is a normal behavior across cultures (and species) and is not a disordered way of living.
