{"id":1324,"date":"2008-12-04T19:01:47","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T23:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:59:15","slug":"double-standard-allows-christian-bashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/double-standard-allows-christian-bashing\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Double standard&#8217; allows Christian-bashing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by WorldNetDaily <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Crystal Dixon<br \/>\nA legal advocacy group pursuing a complaint against the University of Toledo for firing a woman because of her statement of Christian beliefs about homosexuality says the school&#8217;s response reveals a &#8220;double standard&#8221; in the way it treats people.<\/p>\n<p>The free speech case is being brought by the Thomas More Law Center, a not-for-profit group dedicated to defense and promotion of religious freedom, on behalf of Crystal Dixon, who was removed from her executive post at the school after she wrote an opinion piece in a local newspaper. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Dixon wrote in a guest column April 18 that &#8220;gay&#8221; rights cannot be compared to civil rights, because homosexuality is a choice. 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