Fired UT Administrator Dixon Says Column Was 'Divine Mandate'
Former University of Toledo associate vice president of human resources Crystal Dixon, who was fired from her job after writing a column for the Toledo Free Press in which she said gays "violate God's divine order," talked to reporters at her church yesterday, and told them she had a divine mandate to write the column.
Said Dixon: "Whether you agree with me or not is really not the issue. The real issue is that I, like every citizen in the United States, have a First Amendment right to exercise free speech and to express my religion. I did so as a private citizen and I have been fired by a university that I have loved, served, and supported for many years."
Dixon is suing the university.
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Posted May. 15,2008 at 5:50 PM EST by Andy Towle in Education, News, Ohio, Religion | Permalink
gee,ahh Crystal? who does your hair.?..can.t say im crazy about your tailor,either. I bet your president of the local ''frumpy' club.
Posted by: codyj999 | May 16, 2008 1:09:39 PM
I just love the fact that she is suing for discrimination when she was fired for endorsing discrimination. What a freakin' moron.
And she has the right to say whatever she wants, but the school has the right to fire whomever they want if they do or say something that reflects badly on UT.
She was well within her rights to expose herself as a bigot and the school was well within their rights to fire her.
Posted by: Michael | May 17, 2008 2:59:13 PM