Thursday, April 24, 2014

You don't have to lack reasoning ability to be a conservative, but it sure helps.

Freedom Of Speech vs. Freedom of Religion (Click here to read more)

David Garber
Thursday, April 17, 2014, 6:23 pm
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Oh, boy. It seems when you use the US Bill of Rights to defend one extremist position, you might discover yourself trampling on another. And so we find the case in the Michigan City of  Warren, with their Mayor, Jim Fouts.
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From THE RAW STORY:
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    A Michigan mayor who says that he believes in freedom of religion has refused to allow atheists to set up a so-called "Reason Station" inside City Hall, saying it could upset Christians visiting the nearby "Prayer Station."
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Yes, you read that correctly. 'A Prayer Station'' for Christians, good. A 'Reason Station' for Atheists, bad.
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As an individual or an organization, you can preach and promote a belief, but you cannot preach or promote logic and reason. That, it seems, is unconstitutional and violates the Bill of Rights.
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    "I emphasize one thing," he (Mayor Fouts) added. "The government cannot restrict an individual's freedom of speech, but an individual cannot restrict the government's freedom of speech."

Yet that's exactly what the Mayor did. He restricted freedom of speech. What Fouts seems to have overlooked is what happens when the government restricts an individual's rights to the same freedoms it grants.

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