An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Another “Free Speech For Me, But NOT For Thee”
College Suspends Administrator for Op-Ed on Homosexuals
The University of Toledo has suspended with pay one of its administrators for writing a newspaper op-ed that questions whether homosexuality is a civil rights issue. The school said the administrator was suspended precisely because her views on homosexuality do not comport with those of the university, a state institution.
So, this lady expressed an opinion, which evidently doesn’t jibe with a few of the honcho’s opinions at the “institution”, and she gets the shaft. Got it.
In the column, “Gay rights and wrongs: another perspective,” Dixon said she was not speaking on behalf of the university, but was writing privately as “a Black woman who happens to be an alumnus of the University of Toledo’s Graduate School, an employee and a business owner.”
Dixon said she took “great umbrage at the notion that those choosing the homosexual lifestyle are ‘civil rights victims.’ “
Now, if I’m not mistaken, there is this little thing called the First Amendment that says you can’t prohibit someone’s freedom of speech. When did it become ok to promote an agenda, but not speak out again that same agenda?
“I cannot wake up tomorrow and not be a black woman,” she wrote. “I am genetically and biologically a Black woman, and very pleased to be so, as my Creator intended. Daily, thousands of homosexuals make a life decision to leave the gay lifestyle evidenced by the growing population of PFOX (Parents and friends of Ex-Gays) and Exodus International, just to name a few.”
She’s right. She can’t make a choice whether or not she was born a woman, or change the color of her shin. On the other hand, and I’m not going to debate issue, many gays DO make the choice to be gay.
Dixon referenced “ex-gay” individuals, many of whom, she said, “report that the impetus to their change of heart and lifestyle was a transformative experience with God; a realization that their choice of same-sex practices wreaked havoc in their psychological and physical lives.”
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but it’s not exactly like gays are rushing to meet the Savior with open arms, openly flaunting a lifestyle that is offensive to God.
Matt Lockwood, University of Toledo’s director of public relations, confirmed that Dixon “was placed on paid administrative leave because of that column,” and referred Cybercast News Service to a statement issued May 4 by Lloyd Jacobs, the university’s president.
Well, Mr Lockwood is an ass! And a hypocrite, as are all those who decided this lady should be suspended. You have college professors ranting and raving against the military, the administration, Christians…shoot, you name it, they’re raving against something, and that’s ok, right? Even though it’s an opinion, they are free to publicly pronounce whatever they like, as long as it’s with a liberal mindset.
In it, Jacobs said that Dixon’s comments “do not accord with the values of the University of Toledo,” and that he felt it was “necessary, therefore, for me to repudiate much of her writing.”
So, “repudiate” away. You’ve got that right, but on the flip side, Ms Dixon is within HER rights to express an opposite opinion.
Homosexual activists condemned Dixon’s comments and praised Jacobs for the action he took.
Yeah yeah…whatever. SSDD!
“Today, if you speak out against homosexuality on a college campus, you are considered a criminal,” Quinlan told Cybercast News Service . “I’ve been out of the homosexual lifestyle for 16 years. And if you speak out as an ex-gay, you are always under attack. I’ve been slapped in the face. I’ve been screamed and yelled at. I’ve been called all kinds of names. When you disagree with someone, that doesn’t mean you hate them.”
When you can’t respond rationally, resort to physical and verbal attacks. Pretty much the norm for the far left moonbats.
Robert Knight, director of the Culture and Media Institute at the Media Research Center, agrees that many college campuses, once known for being champions of academic freedom, are closing their minds to alternative points of view.
No longer are these “institution of higher learning”. They are now breeding grounds for the narrow minded, and bigots. Yep, I said it. It’s not the conservatives who are racists and bigots, etc. It’s the left. They’re also heterophobics, but that’s another issue.
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