text: It's a 'private university' that has charitable status and that as such enjoys significant benefits from taxpayers in B.C. and Canada. 
  
  This case is a bit of a sleeper from a public perspective but constitutionally it looms large. It could reset the fulcrum between competing rights in sections 2 and 13 of the Charter - between the acquired rights of one and the innate rights of the other. Sexual orientation is essentially a congenital condition while religiosity is a learned one. If not now, then at some point in the future, courts will declare that the former must take precedence over the latter. 
  
  Those inclined toward sympathy for TWU based on its Christian heritage need stop for pause. This faith test, if gone unchallenged, could find itself replicated in ways Canadians might not have anticipated or find nearly as benign.