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:It strikes me that you're speaking from the general conservative fearmongering about how gay rights threatens free speech. You should know that that fear has no basis in fact, nor will it ever. The idea that "hate speech" should be a crime has been firmly repudiated in the United States, as barred by the First Amendment. Please read up on the law and don't trust Ann Coulter & Human Events to get it right ;-)-[[User:LawrenceA|LawrenceA]] 10:39, 14 November 2008 (EST)

:It strikes me that you're speaking from the general conservative fearmongering about how gay rights threatens free speech. You should know that that fear has no basis in fact, nor will it ever. The idea that "hate speech" should be a crime has been firmly repudiated in the United States, as barred by the First Amendment. Please read up on the law and don't trust Ann Coulter & Human Events to get it right ;-)-[[User:LawrenceA|LawrenceA]] 10:39, 14 November 2008 (EST)

::''"Suppose you insult a man's wife, and he hits you (knocking you down). It would be hard for you to press charges against him for assualt"'' I would be mortified if ever a western country had such an absurd law.  That someone would even suggest that insulting someone's spouse could be a defence or a mitigating factor to assault shows is frankly quite scary.  --[[User:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]] 20:00, 17 April 2012 (EDT)

::''"Suppose you insult a man's wife, and he hits you (knocking you down). It would be hard for you to press charges against him for assualt"'' I would be mortified if ever a western country had such an absurd law.  That someone would even suggest that insulting someone's spouse could be a defence or a mitigating factor to assault shows is frankly quite scary.  --[[User:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]] 20:00, 17 April 2012 (EDT)