Intermix at 6000 degrees and rising

[mikailborg]

I want to rant about the idiots who claim that "freedom of religion" gives them the right to harass people they don't like, but I am controlling myself.

With great difficulty.

Comments

[mikailborg.livejournal.com]

Actually, my implied rant has very little to do with their legal rights.

Just because you have the legal right to do something doesn't mean you ought to be doing it. As well, I'm pretty sure they don't speak for all Christians or Jews. They're asking for personal preferential treatment.

What with their claim to be representatives of religions which have been heavily persecuted and not tolerated through the years, I find their behavior hypocritical.

[zannyvix.livejournal.com]

Ahh, hypocracy, one of the few consistent things about the Christian faiths... and a big reason I no longer attend church on a regular basis. Been burned too many times by idiots like these.

[vileone.livejournal.com]

Should anyone speak out against love? No they shouldn't.

Should people have the right to do so? Absolutely.

Should Universities be able to expel students for doing so? No. And *that's* the point of this situation. The University has passed a rule saying that it is forbidden to speak out against gays and while they haven't expelled the girl, they have indicated that they could. They have not passed a rule forbidding speaking out against Christians, just certain protected groups like gays. That is wrong for a University to do.

Popular, right-thinking speech doesn't need protection. It's *unpopular* wrong-headed speech that is what the First Ammendment and our fundamental freedom of speech is all about.

So yes, I object to this girl's opinions. As far as I can understand from this article, though, I suport her lawsuit to have the right to express those opinions without censure from the University, up to and including name-calling and insults.

And I support the gay right to call her a Bible-thumping fundie if they like. (and a hypocrite and all the other names that I see in this LJ thread alone).