Lawsuit: Former student ousted over gay couple counseling

(AP) — A former Missouri State University graduate student says in a federal lawsuit that the school kicked him out of a master's program three years after he said counseling gay couples violated his religious beliefs.

According to the lawsuit, W. K. Boyce, executive director of the Christian-based counseling center where Cash interned, made a presentation to one of Cash's classes in 2011.

Cash "was targeted and punished for expressing his Christian worldview regarding a hypothetical situation concerning whether he would provide counseling services to a gay/homosexual couple," the lawsuit claims.

Since he did not give the 'correct' answer required by his counseling instructors, he was considered unsuitable for counseling and terminated from the program.