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Rights and Religion
Topic Started: May 25 2016, 10:33 PM (209 Views)
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There are all sorts of rights, such as human rights, civil rights, men's rights, animal rights, gay rights, Women's rights, trans rights religious rights, voting rights, gun rights ect... A lot of people whine about their rights forgetting that rights come with responsibilities. In the US rights are guaranteed by the constitution and the constitution and other documents that guarantee rights and guarantee those rights for people.

Should people and possibly animals be the the entities that have rights? I say yes.

Rights are for people and other living things. Some classes of people are protected classes and I think that is a good idea in most cases.

Should an idea have rights? Should any idea or a philosophy get special protection? I say no. In the civilized world this is the case. For instance, I can stand out side and church and say things like Christians are fools, Jesus was a con man, God is dead, the pope is Satan ect.. and the first amendment protects my rights to say it. The church not and should not be given any special protection. There are noise ordinances about volume levels and that is an example of rights coming with responsibilities.

If I were to say things that were critical of Christians and Christianity on Sunday in front of a church most of them would ignore me, some would argue with me but none would attack me because they would respect my rights. If they respect my rights then I respect their rights to worship as they see fit. Would Muslims be so respectful of my rights? I doubt it.

Did you know that in many Muslim it is a crime punishable by death to even own a Bible let alone preach the gospel of Jesus Christ or teach any other religion? Sharia law supports the killing of non Muslims. Sharia law protects Islam but it does not protect Muslims. Why should we protect people who hate our laws, freedom and liberties.

Religion in and of itself is not subject to rights or protection. People of that religion have rights so long as the practice of that religion does not infringe on the rights of others. Case in point, the Muslim call to prayer; Franklin Graham persuaded Duke university to end the obnoxious Muslim call to prayer that happens 5 times a say. Muslims don't care about the rights of others. They blast the Muslim call to prayer 5 times a day over loud speakers.

A post on Graham’s Facebook page said: “Duke announced today that they will have a Muslim call to prayer from their chapel bell tower every Friday. As Christianity is being excluded from the public square and followers of Islam are raping, butchering, and beheading Christians, Jews, and anyone who doesn’t submit to their Sharia Islamic law, Duke is promoting this in the name of religious pluralism. I call on the donors and alumni to withhold their support from Duke until this policy is reversed."

Religion should not have special rights, special protections and special privileges and even a fundamentalist Christian like the reverend Franklin Graham recognizes this.

The people like criminal Mike Huckabee who encourage people to break the law for their "Christian" beliefs are nearly as bad as Muslims who defy western laws and civilization as a whole.

Religion or any other idea gets no rights. Silly fundies, rights are for people. :unitedstates:

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