Post Tagged with: "Free Speech"

Hate Crimes, Preaching, and Free Speech

If we talk about gay and lesbian people, we are talking about people- real people. People talking about people. But if we talk about homosexuality, we are talking about something else- and the longer our real lives are labeled and considered as a “something else” we can be treated as outside of the norm, outside the realm that includes all real people.

April 7, 2010 1 comment general

When Rights and Rights are in Conflict

What are the ramifications of stifling free speech, and/or speech that offends others? Where are the limits and who gets to make them? What happens when it appears as if your rights and my rights can not co-exist? Whose rights win out?

April 5, 2010 2 comments general

Free Speech or Hate Speech: The Westboro Baptist Church

It gets me thinking about the difference between free speech and hate speech and the role of Religious Liberty.

March 17, 2010 2 comments general