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Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies

Ruth Malhotra went to court last month for the right to be intolerant.

Malhotra says her Christian faith compels her to speak out against homosexuality. But the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she's a senior, bans speech that puts down others because of their sexual orientation.

Malhotra sees that as an unacceptable infringement on her right to religious expression. So she's demanding that Georgia Tech revoke its tolerance policy.

I wonder if she realizes that if they revoke the policy, it can allow everyone on campus who finds her views idiotic and closeminded to pretty much torment the hell out of her.

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I've personally wanted to bitchslap that fucking twat since I first heard about her. What's the term... "overdeveloped sense of entitlement". Please someone kick her off campus and be done with it.

*blink* Wow. What does she want to do, like... stand out in the middle of the camponile and condemn all the sinners to hell over a loudspeaker?

I don't agree with her politics, but I think she's right. At least, I'd much rather live in a world where I sometimes have to hear a thing or two I don't like or agree with than live in a world where only certain viewpoints are permissible. There is still, according to my reading of the Constitution, no right to not be offended.

I agree with Beaker's nonagreement. Rules prohibiting angry speech promote mind control. That being said, who would dare torment this lamb of God? She has Christ on her side.

How much are lions? Anyone know?

i have heard of some really stupid lawsuits recently, but this takes the cake.

If you really care about free speech, then yes, you'll let people say what's on their minds, even when it's ugly. Just because you don't like what she's saying doesn't mean you have the right to shut her up. It's scary to think that everyone assumes laws or institutional policies against speech are acceptable in cases where they don't like that brand of speech.

The Technique story

I also like this quote out of context:

"Think how marginalized racists are," said Baylor, who directs the Christian Legal Society's Center for Law and Religious Freedom. "If we don't address this now, it will only get worse."

Baylor, fighting to un-marginalize racism!

wow. her logic makes my head explode.

I will respond to this in old git.talk.flame style

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

They probably already do.

And, I agree with her. But, that means I can also tell her how stupid I think her religion is (or at least her interpretation that it insist she must go around passing judgement on people).

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