This post is long and is speant mostly arguing with myself, <span style="color:red;">
you have been warned</span>:
Bah, I don't believe in
complete freedom of speech anyway. Quite frankly I think its one thing to say to your mates you have something against Black people, or Packies, and quite another to stand in the middle of the street and get a rally going saying they all should be deported or worse, cause they're scum, evil or just not as good as white folk.
Thankfully I'm not American so I don't have complete freedom of speech and I am very happy for it. While I'm free to do the former, if I tried to do the latter I'd be arrested and probably convicted, which is good in my opinion. Complete freedom normally means someones trying to be a complete ass somewhere.
So I think its one thing for Christians to teach Christians that being homosexual is an afront to God and everything holy and good in a chruch, and quite another to teach it in schools (well none christian schools) or be openly hostile to them in public. If there religion actually teaches it then thats the religion. Of course I'll be surprised if someone doesn't argue "Well if you can be openly hostile to Homosexuals for being against your religion, then nothings stopping you being openly hostile to Muslims, Buddists and the like. Techically they're lifestyle choices as well"
I'm not sure what this makes me but I just don't like the idea of someone walking down the street getting harrest and shouted out just because of
whatever. So I believe in resistricted freedom! I suppose the major bad thing about this though is how restricted you are and how far it goes. So far I like what my country has *shrugs*. I have enough freedom to say whatever I want in private company and whatever I want in public as long as I don't try to be a racist homophobe bastard.
Really, really seriously though... Someone's going to court, fighting for there right to harress people. Doesn't anyone see something just slightly
wrong with that? <span style="font-size:xx-small;">(Turn Off really really serious)</span> Suppose it says something on how seriously people take there freedom over there. "I have a God given right as a Christian American to prosicute and debase this select group of people and by God and The American Flag <span style="font-size:xx-small;">(*salutes* The other holy symbol)</span> I'm going to court so it is ruled by the constitution and laws which govern our fair states, that I can!"
As a complete side note:
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Evangelicals have been suspended for wearing anti-gay T-shirts to high school, fired for denouncing Gay Pride Month at work, reprimanded for refusing to attend diversity training. When they protest tolerance codes, they're labeled intolerant.
I wonder what those Anti-Gay T-shirts were like? "Burn in hell you fags!?" "Gay, the other bad meat?" "Sausage Fests NO!" "Jesus loves, but not other men" Can you buy them or do you have to make 'em yourself? And I thought High Schools ban anyone for wearing T-shirts considering your meant to wear a school uniform. And schools with no uniform normally don't allow any pictures or messages on there T-shirts, be it "Born To Rock N Roll" with a picture of Goofy dancing to "I raped your mom last night and she was crap".
What does denouncing Gay Pride Month mean? Does this mean he said to a mate "Fucking Hell, pardon my foul language, but this month is a complete farse and I'll have nothing to do with it!" or does it mean he stood in the middle of the workplace saying/shouting "Any of you taking part in this gay pride month are sinners, evil do'ers and just plain bad people. You shall burn from the hatred of God and everything good! All you people, or parents or friends, are doing in this month is taking pride in your evil and flith!!" *coughs* Okay part two was a bit extreme but I'd be mad if I was fired talking to a mate about it but probably understanding if fired for the second bit. Of course I'd be angry if I was fired if it was also because they tried to make me join in any march as well but really didn't want to.
And eh, aren't all workers required to goto the training schemes the workplace sets up for them or face repremendation? Thats pretty much common practice anywhere.
Of course there aren't months completely deadicated to Jew Pride Month or even Muslim awareness week, nor does anyone get made to go on training excercises over how to deal with them either, so it kinda sounds like people are taking this whole Equal rights For Gays a little too far. <span style="font-size:xx-small;">(Oh My God some Americans taking something far too far!? I never saw that coming!!)</span> I'd say I'd get annoyed if people kept rubbing my face in something I don't like but then again, I do get a lot of things rubbed in my face I don't like and just deal with it and move on. Certainly never harrest people over it. Of course I've never gotten fired because of it either. Maybe Christians who believe in this strongly could set up a Christian Pride month instead, like the month after or before the Gay Pride Month.
Thinking about it.. What the heck is Gay Pride Month!?
I wonder if in the future when hiring people there's going to be a list saying "Must hire at least: 1 Woman, 1 Black/African American (cause all black people come from Africa...), 1 Asian, 1 Hadicapped and 1 Homosexual, or your company will be fined, sent to court, further fined and closed" If thre isn't that list already?
So eh.. yeah. I spent an hour writing this up and had nothing really to say! Enjoyment! How many things am i going to get shot down cause of this?
P.S. Anyone pointing out I had the freedom of speech to say all this... well... yeah I do. But I didn' say I dislike certain freedom of speech, just complete freedom. But thats a whole other ball game.
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Edited by: [url=http://p068.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=choark>Choark</A] at: 5/24/06 6:05