The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #88465   Message #1659120
Posted By: Bill D
01-Feb-06 - 11:13 AM
Thread Name: BS: The right to insult and cause offence
Subject: RE: BS: The right to insult and cause offence
Enacting into law every zealot's subjective idea of righteous indignation? That is a recipe for judicial chaos!

There needs to be only two laws:

1)You DO have the right to practice your religion, as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others. (yes, I am aware that this will require delicate and careful interpretation. THAT is what courts are for.)

2)You do NOT have the right to explicitly, in word or deed, to restrict, or attempt to restrict, the right of others to practice their religion, as long as they are obeying the first law.