I asked Governor Haslam to veto HB1840, the counseling discrimination bill

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I called or Tweeted Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and urged him to veto HB1840, the counseling discrimination bill. I'm asking you to do the same this week.

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Judy Jacobs endorsed 2016-04-18 19:55:43 -0500

A counselor agrees to act in accordance with professional ethical standards. These don’t include refusing to treat clients because of the client’s sexual orientation or identity. The professional person acting as a professional is supposed to be interested in the well-being of the client, not the particular personal or religious “deeply held beliefs” the counselor may hold. If a counselor is incapable of separating personal prejudice from professional conduct, a law is not the answer. The answer is a change of jobs where personal religious positions will not interfere. Like garbage collector, or dishwasher, or roofing repair technician.
Perry Ogletree endorsed 2016-04-18 19:50:30 -0500

This potential legislation threatens the mental health and physical health of patients, and credibility of counselors. Please veto HB1840 and sent this malformed screed to the trash bin it deserves.
James Brown endorsed 2016-04-18 19:43:58 -0500
Gwen Holden endorsed 2016-04-18 19:41:38 -0500
Lynnette Carter endorsed 2016-04-18 19:36:34 -0500
@QandElf tweeted link to this page. 2016-04-18 19:27:38 -0500
I contacted Governor Haslam and urged him to #VetoHB1840. Will you? http://tnep.nationbuilder.com/i_asked_governor_haslam_to_veto_hb1840_the_counseling_discrimination_bill?recruiter_id=55109
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David Quesenberry endorsed 2016-04-18 19:27:27 -0500

As a clinical psychology student, I wonder how someone would even get into mental health unless they accept all people as clients. Politicians, get out of counseling, you cannot even do politics!
Michael Harkness endorsed 2016-04-18 19:20:28 -0500
valerie walling endorsed 2016-04-18 18:53:48 -0500
Jennifer Hall posted about this on Facebook 2016-04-18 18:49:21 -0500
I contacted Governor Haslam and urged him to #VetoHB1840. Will you?
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I contacted Governor Haslam and urged him to #VetoHB1840. Will you? http://tnep.nationbuilder.com/i_asked_governor_haslam_to_veto_hb1840_the_counseling_discrimination_bill?recruiter_id=37657
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Jennifer Hall endorsed 2016-04-18 18:49:04 -0500
Martha Alexander posted about this on Facebook 2016-04-18 18:45:20 -0500
I contacted Governor Haslam and urged him to #VetoHB1840. Will you?
Martha Alexander endorsed 2016-04-18 18:44:56 -0500

THIS THE MOST RIDICULOUS BILL! PLEASE VETO THIS!
Sandy Spain endorsed 2016-04-18 18:41:08 -0500
Aimee Welton endorsed 2016-04-18 18:40:53 -0500
Heather Gentry endorsed 2016-04-18 18:26:21 -0500
Jafar al-Rashid endorsed 2016-04-18 18:11:54 -0500
Susan Young endorsed 2016-04-18 17:58:54 -0500
Susan Young endorsed 2016-04-18 17:58:54 -0500
dede Beasley endorsed 2016-04-18 17:44:13 -0500
Kelsey Acosta endorsed 2016-04-18 17:43:56 -0500
des endorsed 2016-04-18 17:37:24 -0500
Laura Reece endorsed 2016-04-18 17:36:34 -0500
Elaine Phillips endorsed 2016-04-18 17:35:00 -0500

Veto HB1840. It’s not necessary.
William MacGillivray endorsed 2016-04-18 17:32:17 -0500

Licensed psychologists (and I assume all others) are ethically and, therefore, legally bound to refer patients to other professionals when their personal biases or other limitations would interfere with optimally effective treatment. Not only does this proposal seek to institutionalize discrimination, but one must ask where is the line to be drawn for suffering help-seekers when, say, they need a cardiologist? One must ask here, “Who would Christ turn away?”
Kim Hobby endorsed 2016-04-18 17:27:05 -0500

It is simply unconscionable that our legislature believes they have the right to deny medical care to those in need, whoever they might be and for whatever reason. Please veto HB 1840 and send our state legislators to counseling….the DESPERATELY need their brains rewired!
Dona Wiley endorsed 2016-04-18 17:26:57 -0500
Susan Hardin endorsed 2016-04-18 17:18:34 -0500
Jane Boutwell Bozman posted about this on Facebook 2016-04-18 17:00:47 -0500
I contacted Governor Haslam and urged him to #VetoHB1840. Will you?