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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
I agree. In fact, we should extend this idea further.
If you are gay, you can stay in your little gay meeting place and talk all you want, and if I want to hear your gay meetings I can come to your gay meeting hall and listen. Otherwise you can't say squat in public.
How about anti-war people? We could have an anti-war and a pro-war meeting hall. You can p!ss and moan all you want inside those halls, otherwise keep yer yap shut.
Women!! Oh there's a good one. Want to talk about women's rights? Better stay inside the woman-speak hall.
Just think of it. We could have thousands of buildings where people who think the same can come together and tell each other how right they are. That way no one ever hears something they don't like or is against their personal beliefs.
THAT'S Freedom of Speech I say!!
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anti war is an opinion
it's not a group of people with a unique trait
gay folks can be in the subway, standing right besides you and you wouldn't even know it
just like you could have somebody stand next to you who is Christian , and you wouldn't know it
i'm also not saying that it should be hidden
i have no problem seeign 2 men kiss
i don't want to join em , but that's doesnt' mean i find it problematic to watch
same for a Christian nun , or a priest in gear , or a devode catholic with a gold cros necklace...
those things do not actively affect others.
the problem is when one group attacks the other group in public, and states they are sinfull
just like Christian fanatics who openly go after gay folks
or even worse, come up with programs that prey on gay people in emotional peril, to pretty much brainwash them into thinkingthey have a disease...
my suggestions in no way advocate that everybody should stay in his corner, i do not advocate "appartheid"
i advocate tolerance, and not harrasing one another with ones personal convictions...to have some ethics and tolerance as opposed to fanaticism
being anti war , is not a personal attack on anyone
being anti gay , is a personal attack on many
so is anti christian , anti muslim , anti jew or even anti women
don't twist things ND...it just prooves what i said initially
and that is that such thing would scare religious folks
i also said, that it would in theory not be needed
if only the religions would apply the ethics that are allready there from within.... Christ did not teach anyone to be a biggot... he did not teach hate, anger, and judgemental thinking...