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Originally posted by Jan
In my opinion, they should. I respect the fact that some people oppose gay marriage. My freedom ends where someone else's begins.
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... This is gonna get messy, but here goes
-This woman in no way imposed on others freedom. She did the opposite, much like a black person protesting a KKK meeting. She has exercised her
First Amendment Right to freedom of speech and freedom of petition to take a stand and make a point she believes in. Whether or not one
agrees with her point, she has the right to make this and arguing she should be legally prohibited is actually stripping her rights. Likewise, no one at this assembly was stripped of their rights. Her actions do NOTHING to limit what others can and can't do (well, I guess they can't sit in her seat, but cry me a river. That goes for everyone)
-The entire issue with opposing gay marriage is because the homophobes are imposing their own beliefs upon others. It's literally the exact opposite of what you're suggesting as far as freedom and comes across 100% hypocritical
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They have the full right to have their own opinions and demonstrate them as long as they don't physically hurt others.
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But this woman is wrong for doing exactly that? Also, verbal abuse isn't acceptable either. I do agree with this though, as does the U.S. constitution. Thus why Westboro isn't banned even though we can ALL agree they're backwards loons