If I complained about a gay rights stall I would probably be arrested. The pressure is on the police. If they had ignored the gay man's complaints, they would have been in for a world of trouble.
Why on earth one policeman couldn't have strolled over, taken some literature, checked it and concluded the gay man was overreacting is beyond me.
Problem is - when "we" were in the majority, we didn't stick up for the gay people's right to disagree, did we? Or really anyone else's for that matter...
I know that doesn't materially affect things, but it does help me to understand what, at first glance, just seems to insane a response to comprehend.
Dan, you have a bit of a point - but not a strong one. Where we do need to take note is that seeking to quosh the freedom of speech is always mischevious and dishonest: whether it is someone seeking to do it to Christians or Christians seeking to do it to others.
But it does also throw up the curious possibility of a complaint to the police on the grounds of 'hate' incitement when our right to speak of Jesus with clarity is challenged in such a mischevious way!
If I complained about a gay rights stall I would probably be arrested. The pressure is on the police. If they had ignored the gay man's complaints, they would have been in for a world of trouble.
ReplyDeleteWhy on earth one policeman couldn't have strolled over, taken some literature, checked it and concluded the gay man was overreacting is beyond me.
Problem is - when "we" were in the majority, we didn't stick up for the gay people's right to disagree, did we? Or really anyone else's for that matter...
ReplyDeleteI know that doesn't materially affect things, but it does help me to understand what, at first glance, just seems to insane a response to comprehend.
Dan, you have a bit of a point - but not a strong one. Where we do need to take note is that seeking to quosh the freedom of speech is always mischevious and dishonest: whether it is someone seeking to do it to Christians or Christians seeking to do it to others.
ReplyDeleteBut it does also throw up the curious possibility of a complaint to the police on the grounds of 'hate' incitement when our right to speak of Jesus with clarity is challenged in such a mischevious way!