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In reply to the discussion: Tennessee Lawmakers Just Passed a Bill That Would Allow Therapists to Refuse to Treat Gay Clients [View all]TM99
(8,352 posts)are very legit. My main supervisor and mentor fresh out of graduate school was a Luthern minister and the lead chaplain at ASU. He also had an Ed.D, was a licensed clinical psychologist, state certified counselor, and a Reichian diplomate.
Mainstream Protestant and Catholic churches as well as Jewish traditions often require their chaplains, rabbi's, and priests who are going to be counselors to have a thorough education, supervision, and to meet at least minimum licensing requirements in the state in question.
The only ones who do not are the born-again churches, and we are not talking Baptists here either. The fringe fundamentalist churches protected by the constitution but incredibly ignorant and insular. They have their own unaccredited schools, their own credentialing boards, and are rarely under state control. This law would protect them so to speak but is rather redundant because they are already protected in their bigotry and ignorance. That's why I am convinced it is grandstanding that will ultimately go no where.