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School Wants Student to Alter Religious View on Gays

...or be expelled, says Jennifer Keeton's lawsuit

By Kate Schwartz, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 27, 2010 12:02 PM CDT

(Newser) – A graduate student says Augusta State University in Georgia has threatened to expel her unless she attends a remediation program designed to change her beliefs about homosexuality—and now she's suing. In her complaint, Jennifer Keeton, 24, says school officials informed her in May that... Read full story »

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