Santa Clara University partners with the County of Santa Clara Behavioral Health Services Gender Affirming Care Clinic, reports The College Fix. The Catholic university is sending their graduate students to intern at the clinic.
The College Fix spoke with a spokesperson from the university, who turned the blame for this decision on the country government. She said that the agency is the one who assigns graduate placement based on student interest and availability in services areas.
A former student of the school posted on X her disagreement to the decision. She said that “this is modern therapy training,” which is counseling children as young as five without parental consent about “gender-affirming care.”
Another concern comes because this partnership goes against the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which states, “By creating the human being man and woman, God gives personal dignity equally to the one and the other. Each of them, man and woman, should acknowledge and accept his sexual identity.”
Matt Lamb of The College Fix says the university should not be placing students in programs that go against Catholic values.
"Or they should make it part the agreement that their students won't be placed at places that conflict with Catholic values. It's really passing the buck for them to say that Santa Clara County places students at transgender clinics," says Lamb.
Lamb says the university has plenty of other opportunities where graduate students could intern such as working with troubled youth or elderly people shut it their homes. But he is doubtful Santa Clara will adjust the intern program unless the right kind of pressure is applied.
"I doubt the university will change unless major donors or other vocal alumni are willing to speak out and put pressure on the university. For years, Jesuit education has unfortunately become a synonym for liberal or leftist education," states Lamb.
