If a person gets banned for saying how one feels... that IS preventing them from voicing the their opinion.
So not everyone has freedom of speech.
Racism is wrong but people who are not down with agreeing with LBGT things shouldn't be compared to them as they are different issues.
LBGT have issue with people who don't agree with their views and don't accept those lifestyles as normal.
Lets not try and spin that away.
Not agreeing with homosexual lifestyles doesn't make a person a hater or wrong.
Doing mean things to homosexuals makes one a hater and wrong.
I agree with a bunch of this post.
They are seperate issues, but they still all fall under the blanket of prejudice.
Banning people doesn't stop someone's voice, it just changes where they can express it.
Freedom is an absolute. It has no shades. You are either free, or not.
You can't campaign for "f*** yeah! Freedom!" For the issues that are only important to you, without opening up a plethora of things that aren't agreeable.
In this thread, I actually think people were comming down on you hard Val. That was your viewpoint, and I accept that. I'm never going to convert you to a different mindset. And God gave me the strength to accept things that I can't change, and the wisdom to recognise it.
I'd never try to stop your voice (unless it something super offensive... Like black shoes with a brown belt). Because when you express your opinion, you have tact. You reserve a bunch of stuff that you could say and that is faboosh. You hate/angry/dislike my posts, but at least you own up to disagreeing.
i love your posts dude, and I think if you looked close, our morals would be similar, but our ethics would be the difference.
A bunch of people expressing different viewpoints without trying to make other people feel like s***, is the point.
What people who were banned should be asking is, "was my voice at the expense, or with the intent of suppressing others?"
realistically, if you arent projecting a bunch of s***, noone cares.