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Subject: Ake Green and hate speech law


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Date Posted: 16:59:22 04/18/05 Mon
In reply to: Clement LO 's message, "¤T¥´¤@¡G¡u©Ê¶É¦Vª[µø±ø¨Ò¡v¥ßªk¹ï½Í·|" on 11:25:11 04/08/05 Fri

Another of respon on Christian times.
http://www.christiantimes.org.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=28384&Pid=6&Version=0&Cid=150&Charset=big5_hkscs
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First, I like to stress that this case is about hate speech law, not anti-discrimination law. Those Christians who use this as their reasons for opposing an anti-discrimination are either misguided, ignorant, or being dishonest (using scare tactics).

Second, this Ake Green did have very extreme hatred for homosexuals and his sermon is considered hate speech by most reasonable people.

What he said in the sermon.

"He allegedly described homosexuality as "abnormal, a horrible cancerous tumor in the body of society." He described them as "perverts, whose sexual drive the Devil has used as his strongest weapon against God."

He was charged with inciting hatred against a group of people on the basis of their sexual orientation. Green was found guilty and sentenced to one month in prison. But his sentence was reversed in appeal based on religious freedom.

What kind of Christians are we? Someone who is like Ake Green who used hate speech, or someone who speak of Christ love to all, including the gay community?

You decide. For those Christians who object to discrimintory action on principle would support anti-discrimination law based on sexual orientation. Christians do not need to agreed on homosexual acts, but we should support that they have basic human rights.

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