The University of Toledo has suspended its associate vice president of human resources for writing a column asserting that (A) homosexuality is completely a choice, and (B) the fact that homosexuals earn above-average incomes means there is no discrimination against them.

Both points are idiotic enough, but the college freely admits it fired her simply for expressing the wrong view:

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.
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.”
Jacobs also placed the university on record as supporting two pending domestic partner bills in the Ohio Legislature: Senate Bill 305 and House Bill 502.

John Lott points out that in print, she didn’t even identify herself as employed by the school, much less say she wrote on behalf of the school. I’d add that this is not a school publication but a local paper — one could argue that advancing such views on campus could conflict with her human-resources job.

On a side note, why is a public university “on record” supporting controversial legislation?