10-30-2009, 11:50 AM
Quote:In general, I do see a trend where people and governments are moving to bar people from free expression. Religious organizations are routinely being coerced or prosecuted for adhering to their belief systems. Tolerance seems to be a one way street. This is most evident in the area of abortion, traditional marriage, and gay rights. I don't want to derail the discussion toward those hot button topics, but even freedom loving Canada is tossing citizens into jail or imposing heavy fines for the "hate speech" of displaying Bible verses. Tolerance it seems is a code word meaning "you will embrace our multicultural liberal world view or else".
You don't seem to get the point.
Legalizing abortion is not the same as forcing someone to have an abortion. The liberal world view allows religious people not to have an abortion if they get raped. The liberal view however allows people to have an abortion if they want to (with certain rules of course).
The religious view says; I am against abortion so I don't allow you to have one either. I am against euthanasia, so I don't want to allow your terminally ill grandpa who is in a lot of pain to decide to end things quietly and painlessly when he thinks it is right.
No liberal will ever force a religious person to do certain things. But the other way around is all to common. Because you are living in a society where this kind of behaviour is the norm doesn't make it OK.