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They fired him for what he wrote, not for his religious beliefs.

His writing was an expression of his religious beliefs.

Unless he provably attempted to portray his views as representative of Allstate, they fired him for his religion.

I found his column and these are some of the paragraphs:

You may have noticed that you're barraged on a daily basis by the left's self-righteous indignation, as they wax eloquent about the harm caused by tobacco, pollution, drugs, alcohol - fatty foods - name your poison. Countless lawsuits have been filed under the pretext of recovering damages to cover health care costs relative to these vices. And they are vices, no doubt. But, these vices are fair game; they don't fall within a PC protected class. Consider this: When was the last time you heard about the dreadful and preventable health related pitfalls, which stem from the homosexual lifestyle? You don't - you won't - you can't - you shan't - Don' t confuse the left with the facts. That's "insensitive!"

As a result of the concerted effort by liberals to mask the devastating effects of the gay lifestyle, many people are shocked to learn that the average life expectancy of a homosexual male is only about 45 years old - 30 years younger than that of a heterosexual male.

One study determined that homosexual males have from between 20 to 106 sexual partners per year. It's no wonder that homosexual men account for over 50% of all hepatitis cases, and still account for over 50% of all AIDS cases despite the fact that they only make up 1 - 3% of the population. Homosexual men and women share a markedly increased risk of contracting nearly all forms of STD. The men frequently suffer from other sodomy related injuries, and are far more likely to be murdered (likely by another homosexual) than their heterosexual counterparts; this, due to the typically raucous and oft anonymous nature of the gay lifestyle.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but this is not copied from the Book of Common Prayer. You can argue that he is motivated to write against homosexuality because of his religion, but this is not religious writing or content or even particularly Christian. He's citing studies and talking about the political atmosphere in the country. I don't see Christ in there.

His writing was an expression of his religious beliefs.

Then he gets to live with the consequences of expressing beliefs that his employer might not share.

If he was a Muslim expressing his religious support for homicide bombers, would Allstate be able to fire him? Of course.