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About the case
 
TV Show! Speechless...Silencing the Christians
I was featured in Episode 10 of the INSP network's 2008 series!  Log onto www.silencingchristians.com  for more information.  The show aired Nov. 8 and Nov. 21, 2008 on INSP and iLifeTV and highlights my case and other vital issues around the country.
 
I want to share with visitors my story and also explain why I am championing the causes of free speech, faith and family values. There are two ways that you can help:
 
Defense Fund - To make a tax-deductible contribution to our 501(C)(3) legal defense fund, you may send contributions to:
Grace In Action
Crystal Dixon Defense Fund
2902 Auburn Avenue
Toledo, OH  43606
(You will receive a tax-deductible receipt from Grace In Action for contributions to this defense fund).
 
Survival Expenses - To contribute to help defray our ongoing survival expenses while engaged in this fight, you may send contributions to:
 
Crystal Dixon
P.O. Box 140062
Toledo, OH  43614
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Here is what happened to me… I am a human resources leader and practitioner who has worked in the Human Resources field for more than 25 years.  I am also a Black woman and a devout Christian. I was the interim Associate Vice President for Human Resources with the University of Toledo until University President Dr. Lloyd Jacobs terminated my employment effective May 8, 2008.  I worked for the University and its pre-merger entity the Medical University of Ohio since January 2002.  
 
For more than 25 years, I have been a Human Resources professional and leader, providing excellent service to all people regardless of their sexual orientation.  I have hired and recommended the hiring of both homosexuals and heterosexuals based upon their qualifications, skills and abilities.  My performance evaluations with the University of Toledo are excellent.
 
In early April, 2008, I read an opinion piece by Mr. Michael Miller in the Toledo Free Press entitled “Gay Rights and Wrongs.  I absolutely respected Mr. Miller’s right to express his opinion while at the same time, I disagreed with several of the points that he made.  One of the freedoms that makes this country great and makes newspapers great, is the privilege of exchanging different points of view via public print communications.  Early on Sunday, April 6, 2008, I arose with a divine mandate (you may understand the term as divine inspiration) to write my opinion, based on my Christian faith in response to Mr. Miller’s article.   I wrote my personal opinion, based upon my Christian faith, rooted in the foundation of Holy Scripture which is my Constitutional right.  
I wrote as a private citizen regarding an important public issue.   A copy of that article's text is on this website (see page 5 - last page).  My article, entitled “Gay Rights and Wrongs – Another Perspective” was simply that - my expression of a different way of looking at the issue of homosexual practice and conduct, as well as the comparison of homosexual rights compared to the civil rights struggles of Blacks.  I stressed in my article that I greatly value all humans by the sheer virtue that God created them and my personal and career track record proves that value.  At the same time, I along with everyone else in this country, have the right to express an opinion about human practice, and human behavior be it adultery, stealing, lying, gossiping and more.  In my opinion, based upon clear and numerous Scripture, homosexuality is a practice of choice and cannot be equated to the color of one’s skin with which one is born.
 
To make a long story short, when my opinion appeared in the online version of the Toledo Free Press, the University of Toledo thereafter placed me on paid administrative leave pending an investigation beginning April 21, 2008.  On May 5, 2008, I participated in a pre-disciplinary hearing with the University of Toledo President and in a letter dated May 8, 2008, my employment was terminated by the University of Toledo.   Several days before my hearing with the President, he publicly opined in our city’s major newspaper that my public comments did not accord with the stated University values. Let me be clear.  I did not gay-bash nor do I hate homosexuals, in fact I have hired and recommended the hiring of homosexuals and heterosexuals based upon their qualifications and skills.  Indeed, I am called to love all people.  At the same time, the Bible in numerous areas, including Romans 1, beginning at verse 22 through 28, 2 Peter 2:6, Leviticus 18:22-23, Revelation 11:8, and more clearly declares the practice of homosexuality as sin.  Plain and simple.  Jesus Christ loves people, but He hates and judges sinful practices and invites all of us to allow Him to transform our lives from the inside out.  It is ironic that at least two other colleagues at the University have publicly written articles in newspapers, in their official University capacities, in which they opposed or harshly (and unprofessionally) criticized the University's administration and/or Toledo citizens on other issues and no discipline or termination has occurred for them.   It is further ironic that UT's President insisted that we hire his niece to the exclusion of better and highly qualified candidates including minorities.
 
My heart’s desire is to:
1. Ensure that FREE Speech is protected for all Americans, particularly in public universities.
2. Ensure that children and impressionable youth are free from gender confusion and undue influence to question their God-given gender.
3. See that all people have the opportunity to experience the life-transforming power of Jesus Christ in their lives, regardless of their sexual orientation and that genuine transformations of former homosexuals and lesbians to a godly heterosexual lifestyle are acknowledged and allowed to be openly shared - refuting, partnered with research and science, the prevailing notion that gays are “born that way.”
4. To ensure that no other Americans will suffer what I have in their attempt to rightfully voice their personal opinion on matters of public interest, particularly the view of the God-ordained family foundation of a male husband and a female wife, which millions of Americans of diverse faiths support.
 
My case may become a landmark case on multiple fronts.  The costs of this fight will be mammoth, but I will not be deterred from championing this cause.  I am represented by a legal team of both a local attorney Thomas Sobecki and the Thomas More Law Center of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
 
Please join me and other courageous individuals in the cause of championing faith,  traditional marriage and yes, as proud Americans, FREE SPEECH.  Thank you in advance, for any contributions you may elect to send to assist us in this cause and thank you for visiting my website. May the Lord continue to bless you! 
 
Contact information: CRYSTALYDIXON@aol.com