What are you doing to shut down www.godhatesfags.com and similar sites that defame gay people?
Nothing. We believe that the proper response to hateful speech is more speech in response to it — not suppression of views with which we disagree, however offensive they may be.Here is the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States:”Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”The liberties outlined in the First Amendment belong to all Americans, not just people who agree with us. Freedom of speech means nothing if it does not mean the right of people to say things that offend us. In the words of Justice Robert Jackson in the 1943 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that no one may be forced to say or even stand for the Pledge of Allegiance: “Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom.”Thomas J
Nothing. We believe that the proper response to hateful speech is more speech in response to it — not suppression of views with which we disagree, however offensive they may be. Here is the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” The liberties outlined in the First Amendment belong to all Americans, not just people who agree with us. Freedom of speech means nothing if it does not mean the right of people to say things that offend us. In the words of Justice Robert Jackson in the 1943 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that no one may be forced to say or even stand for the Pledge of Allegiance: “Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom.” Thom
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- Whats your relationship to those already doing similar things to what youd like to see being done in a particular area (eg, with kids, people in public housing, or with refugees)?
- What are you doing to shut down www.godhatesfags.com and similar sites that defame gay people?
- Will prejudice against gay people ever be completely eradicted?
