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In reply to the discussion: Religious Freedom?? We need a new term. [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)53. I'm not sure you answered my question.
Are you suggesting that what parents say to their children be regulated? Who is it that will make the determination as to whether it constitutes a threat or not?
Some people felt that the Charlie Hebdo cartoons were hate speech. It's a very slippery slope.
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I'm not a fan of lumping. Call people assholes if they are assholes, and call people
MADem
Mar 2015
#4
Huh? People at the Unitarian Universalist church "believe" but they don't "hate."
MADem
Mar 2015
#14
I don't presume to speak for them but I had a cousin who was active in that church and
MADem
Mar 2015
#35
Well, they came out in droves for my cousin's funeral, from all walks of life, all circumstances,
MADem
Mar 2015
#38
Your OP didn't include that reference point--it appeared generic, so I took it that way.
MADem
Mar 2015
#10
I like that as well because it can be applied to other areas besides these laws.
cbayer
Mar 2015
#25
Telling children that non-believers are going to hell is threatening nobody
Starboard Tack
Mar 2015
#54
I chose "Religious Discrimination" at first, but that smacked of martyrdom, so I changed my vote
BlueCaliDem
Mar 2015
#56