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Free speech and religious (in)tolerance (again) (continued)

Custador — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:46:02 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about some guys who want homosexuality to carry the death penalty in the UK.

Well, today three of them were convicted of hate crimes.

On balance, I think that this is a good thing. They put leaflets through peoples’ (including gay peoples’) letterboxes entitled Turn Or Burn and Death Penalty?, which said that homosexuals should be stoned or burned to death and that capital punishment is the “only way to rid society of homosexuality”. To me, that’s a long step over the free speech line and a short hop from incitement, via threatening behavior.

I’ll update this when the men are sentenced. In the meantime, it’s over to you again UFers: Should I abhor what these men say but fight for their right to say it? Or should I hope to see them jailed?

Sorry Mr. Hitchens, But…

Daniel Florien — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:38:05 +0000

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Another Non-News Story

vorjack — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:00:53 +0000

Greg Davis was elected the Republican mayor of Southaven, Mississippi, on a platform of “family values.”

Someone should have started a stopwatch.

GOP ‘family values’ mayor admits he’s gay

A Republican mayor in Mississippi admitted this week that he was gay after an audit revealed that he spent taxpayer money at a gay adult store in Canada.

Greg Davis was elected as the mayor of Southaven in 1997 on a platform of conservative “family values,” but he says he recently realized that he was gay.

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Thousands of dollars were spent on lavish meals and liquor, but it’s a $67 charge that Davis made to Priape, “Canada’s premiere gay lifestyle store and sex shop,” while on a recruiting trip that has gotten the most attention.

The mayor said that he didn’t remember what he bought while at the shop.

Clearly, Canada is at fault here.

7 Smug Responses to Christopher Hitchens Death

Daniel Florien — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:07:35 +0000

The smug and moronic responses have begun… here are 7:

Bonus:

The World’s A Little Worse Off

Daniel Florien — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:29:13 +0000

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RIP Christopher Hitchens 1949-2011

Daniel Florien — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:08:09 +0000

Christopher Hitchens just passed away at age 62. I will miss his wit, wisdom, and love for life.

What will you miss most about Hitchens?

How the Gays Stole Christmas

Daniel Florien — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:00:54 +0000

Bible Justice!

Daniel Florien — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:00:30 +0000

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You don’t need to be a Pureblood…

Daniel Florien — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:14:09 +0000

Voldemort as Rick Perry, via 9 Laughs:

Church Tells HIV Patients To Stop Treatment

Daniel Florien — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:00:09 +0000

Ugh:

At least six people have died in Britain after being told they had been healed of HIV and could stop taking their medication, Sky News has discovered.

There is evidence evangelical churches in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow are claiming to cure HIV through God.
Sky sent three undercover reporters to the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), which is based in Southwark, south London.
All of them told the pastors they were HIV positive – all were told they could be healed.

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