Resting In Him
March 2nd, 2007, 12:55 PM
DO WE HAVE A RIGHT TO HATE?
by Selwyn Duke
March 2, 2007
NewsWithViews.com
Former NBA star Tim Hardaway made waves on the airwaves recently by remarking that he hated homosexuals. It became the story du jour the next day, prompting the obligatory posturing and feigned outrage. Pundit Bill O'Reilly said (I'm paraphrasing), "We can't have this in America," although at least he was sincere.
Now, I know we should hate the sin but not the sinner, so far be it from me to advocate hatred for anyone (his actions and beliefs are a different matter). But given the West's increasing embrace of hate crime/hate speech laws, we need to ask ourselves a question. Do we have a right to hate?
The Shill Media won't discuss it, but the aforementioned laws are metastasizing in the supposedly free countries of the West. I've often written about the case of Mark Harding, a Canadian pastor punished for criticizing Islam. But such examples abound; Bob Unruh writes at WorldNetDaily.com,
Two Christians in Australia have been indicted for criticizing Islam, and another for criticizing Zionism. A filmmaker has been threatened with arrest for using the word 'homosexual' rather than 'gay.' Now a German priest faces jail time for publicly criticizing abortionists, and in Holland, 'fornicators' and 'adulterers' are protected classes and cannot be criticized.
Cont'd... (http://www.newswithviews.com/Duke/selwyn59.htm)
by Selwyn Duke
March 2, 2007
NewsWithViews.com
Former NBA star Tim Hardaway made waves on the airwaves recently by remarking that he hated homosexuals. It became the story du jour the next day, prompting the obligatory posturing and feigned outrage. Pundit Bill O'Reilly said (I'm paraphrasing), "We can't have this in America," although at least he was sincere.
Now, I know we should hate the sin but not the sinner, so far be it from me to advocate hatred for anyone (his actions and beliefs are a different matter). But given the West's increasing embrace of hate crime/hate speech laws, we need to ask ourselves a question. Do we have a right to hate?
The Shill Media won't discuss it, but the aforementioned laws are metastasizing in the supposedly free countries of the West. I've often written about the case of Mark Harding, a Canadian pastor punished for criticizing Islam. But such examples abound; Bob Unruh writes at WorldNetDaily.com,
Two Christians in Australia have been indicted for criticizing Islam, and another for criticizing Zionism. A filmmaker has been threatened with arrest for using the word 'homosexual' rather than 'gay.' Now a German priest faces jail time for publicly criticizing abortionists, and in Holland, 'fornicators' and 'adulterers' are protected classes and cannot be criticized.
Cont'd... (http://www.newswithviews.com/Duke/selwyn59.htm)