Originally posted by rwingett
A gay person has a right not to be subjected to such harassment, which would put reasonable limitations upon the preacher's right to free speech.
Good post Rwing, only 2 questions.
What if we expect a homosexual to attend a church. Forinstance, we have a person that attends a church that accepts homosexuality, yet then attends this Pastor's church and then claims he has no right to preach against homosexuality ?
Second question is in regard to things such as 'gay parade'. If someone promotes an activity in public, should others not be allowed to reject this in public ? Afterall we could have a 'communist' parade down the streets of New York, a belief rejected by many an American, yet should we then allow criticism in public ?
As a postscript to my previous post...
Would you say that an anti-abortion protest creates a hostile enviornment for pregnant mothers, women would have had abortions, abortion clinic workers, and other related parties? If so, would the governemnt be justified in making these protests illegal? If the government would not be justifed, what makes it justified in the case in which the protest is carried out via a newspaper ad?
I would argue that the live protest has more potential to create a hostile reaction.
Originally posted by rwingettI am not exactly sure what "general newspaper" means. I presume Sweden has at least some newspapers that are not government sponsored. I would say it is up to the owner of such a newspaper to decide whether to print an ad from a Christian church (or from the KKK for that matter) in exchange for payment. The owner will factor into his/her decision the effect that the ad may have on future circulation. If the owner figures running the piece would alienate many subscribers or potential subscribers, the owner should be allowed to refuse to run the ad. But the critical thing is that the decision on whether to do so is made by an individual (or by a corporation or whatever), and not by the government.
... When a preacher puts a sermon in a general newspaper which calls gays a "cancer upon society" amongst other things, he is creating a hostile environment. Should the KKK be able to place an ad in the daily paper which says similar things about blacks? I would think not...
Interestingly, I think you can look to the homogeneous composition of any group to see what they will invest in themselves.
Sweede's happily pay 70% of their national wealth to grooming "their" society.
Most of Europe about 50%.
The US is about 40% I think.
With less diversity comes more willingness to comply. Simple Chimpness 101. So it is to be expected that minorities and ("Radicals" and "heretics"😉 will be held as enemies of the state. The state are just the people. The people are very bland.