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You said that "CSWE does not discriminate against Christians." Christians are not being thrown to the lions, but orthodox monotheistic faith groups (Christians, Muslims and Jews) have specific views on marriage and gender. To truly accomodate these views, you would need to welcome practising social workers with diverse views on the matter of gender. Obviously, hatred directed at gay clients would not be acceptable under any accomodation agreement, but you could specify the conditions of coexistence. CSWE does not even attempt to do that. Asking faith-based universities to sign statements that are specifically contrary to their religous and philosophical stance amounts to discrimination. You can defend the CSWE stance, but you should understand how the other side views it. Frankly, I don't see how this has anything to do with science.

There are plenty of religious universities that have CSWE accredited Social Work programs.  Yeshiva University and Boston College are two examples.  When CSWE requires schools to agree to certain policies and practices it is no different than some schools (Liberty, e.g.) requiring students to sign belief statements/agreements prior to enrollment.

The parallel only works to a certain extent. CSWE is an accrediting body, which means that they act as the gatekeeper to the profession. A university that has a certain code of conduct does not have the same type of power. You can always go to another university, especially if you don't agree with their take on things. In Canada, there was a case of Trinity Western University, which was barred from opening an accredited law program due to their beliefs about traditional marriage. Notice that these cases are much more serious, as specific groups are excluded from participation in various professions in order to supposedly protect the rights of others. I find this to be concerning development. I would not support that, regardless of what I personally believed about gay rights. The case of Cairn University is a bit more complicated.

I think the Trinity Western decision was a good one.