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That freedom of gay people does affect the freedom of religious fundamentalists to prevent what they consider sin from happening. But in general, there might e
by kubb 3y ago
That freedom of gay people does affect the freedom of religious fundamentalists to prevent what they consider sin from happening.
But in general, there might exist creative counterexamples. I haven’t found any though.
- kaptainscarlet 3y agoIn other words freedom is like energy. It is finite.
- graftak 3y agoReligion is an artificial limitation
- HeatrayEnjoyer 3y ago> That freedom of gay people does affect the freedom of religious fundamentalists to prevent what they consider sin from happening. Except that this is not a good faith or legitimate freedom. Hurting people is not a freedom to anyone but a complete sociopath. The fact that the law forbids me from detonating a bomb in times square is not a restriction on any part of my ability to live life.
- kubb 3y agoAnd yet for centuries, the freedom of the sociopaths, as you described them, was valued higher than the freedom of gay people. We decided that we should protect the latter from the former by restricting the ability of religious people to act in accordance with their worldview very recently.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 3y agoSo?
- kubb 3y agoSo your “good faith” is an arbitrary criterion and doesn’t change anything.
- arp242 3y agoI think that's stretching the meaning of "freedom" well beyond the point of usefulness.