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To: yendu bwam
Do you wnat to bet?

It is sinful to us as Christians, but if it is directed at a specific segment of the population, or at specific individuals, it is.

You seem to want to adhere to only half of the First Amendment.

The same freedom that allows you to worship as you see fit, allows others not to believe at all. And like the State can't ram a specific set of beliefs down your throat, you may not seek to ram yours down someone else's.

Nor will you slander others based on your religious beliefs.

You may get away with it if never taken to Court, but if someone proves intent to defame or slander, neither freedom of speech, nor freedom of religion will save you from the Court.
173 posted on 02/13/2003 5:35:02 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (The Ever So Humble Banana Republican)
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To: Luis Gonzalez
The same freedom that allows you to worship as you see fit, allows others not to believe at all. And like the State can't ram a specific set of beliefs down your throat, you may not seek to ram yours down someone else's.

You're in an outer, outer universe, Luis. People can believe whatever they want (at least in my country). This case had nothing to do with a state's ramming beliefs down anyone's throats - but rather about taking away a man's right to express his own.

175 posted on 02/13/2003 5:37:04 PM PST by yendu bwam
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To: Luis Gonzalez
Nor will you slander others based on your religious beliefs.

I haven't slandered anyone, Luis. I've just said that I have the right to say what I think about homosexual acts. I do. That's not slander. That's my right to free speech. You have your right to say what you think about homosexual acts. Further, I have the right to say what I think in public, or in the newspaper. So do you. In Canada, some people don't.

177 posted on 02/13/2003 5:38:48 PM PST by yendu bwam
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