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	<title>Comments on: Lords vote again for &#8216;free speech&#8217; protection in homophobic hate bill</title>
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		<title>By: Will</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/12/lords-vote-again-for-free-speech-protection-in-homophobic-hate-bill/#comment-82442</link>
		<dc:creator>Will</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Wait until the globalisation really begins. It&#039;s a whole other subject.&quot;

Ah, yes. The paranoid delusions that is the &quot;New World Order&quot;. Again. When logical argument fails, go for the global conspiracy theories, that&#039;ll make you sound sane, won&#039;t it Stewart? As Iris quite rightly pointed out, you rarely use facts, and your understanding of what constitutes free speech with reference to this law is grossly uninformed and quite frankly stupid. Can&#039;s see past your bias and your bigotry, eh, Steward? God forbid, people like you would be prevented from advocating the forceful suppression of the rights of others! 

As for &quot;not here because I have guilt or shame&quot;, I find you protest that line too much to be anything but the truth.

Why is it, the more fundamentally perverse these so called christians get, the more they turn their backs on reality and wallow in these stupid conspiracy theories and extreme judgemental, like they are an authority? Religion fuels the damaged mind of the paranoid delusions perhaps? Steward is very similar to that other madman, Hank, that comes in here with almost identical modus operandi. 

Ever get diagnosed with Schizophrenia, Stewart? You seem to be exhibiting a lot of the symptoms, and statistically you match the profile.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Wait until the globalisation really begins. It&#8217;s a whole other subject.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ah, yes. The paranoid delusions that is the &#8220;New World Order&#8221;. Again. When logical argument fails, go for the global conspiracy theories, that&#8217;ll make you sound sane, won&#8217;t it Stewart? As Iris quite rightly pointed out, you rarely use facts, and your understanding of what constitutes free speech with reference to this law is grossly uninformed and quite frankly stupid. Can&#8217;s see past your bias and your bigotry, eh, Steward? God forbid, people like you would be prevented from advocating the forceful suppression of the rights of others! </p>
<p>As for &#8220;not here because I have guilt or shame&#8221;, I find you protest that line too much to be anything but the truth.</p>
<p>Why is it, the more fundamentally perverse these so called christians get, the more they turn their backs on reality and wallow in these stupid conspiracy theories and extreme judgemental, like they are an authority? Religion fuels the damaged mind of the paranoid delusions perhaps? Steward is very similar to that other madman, Hank, that comes in here with almost identical modus operandi. </p>
<p>Ever get diagnosed with Schizophrenia, Stewart? You seem to be exhibiting a lot of the symptoms, and statistically you match the profile.</p>
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		<title>By: JohnK</title>
		<link>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/12/lords-vote-again-for-free-speech-protection-in-homophobic-hate-bill/#comment-82427</link>
		<dc:creator>JohnK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The issue of Freedom of speech has been heated, and so it should be.

However, why is it that those who argue the freedom of speech stance ignore the &quot;Massive Anarchism and Anomaly&quot; here?

How can an unelected &quot;House of Lords&quot; ever represent or purport to represent freedom of speech.

I rest my case; a chamber which has a right to include a representative figure head from all the major religions does not represent the predominantly secular UK society.
Consequently, any proscribed amendment will automatically have a element which serves to protect, preserve and propagate religious sensibilities.

I find it a little odd that the massive anarchism and anomaly is some what ignored by some. 

Does the archaic really have a place in 21st century UK.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The issue of Freedom of speech has been heated, and so it should be.</p>
<p>However, why is it that those who argue the freedom of speech stance ignore the &#8220;Massive Anarchism and Anomaly&#8221; here?</p>
<p>How can an unelected &#8220;House of Lords&#8221; ever represent or purport to represent freedom of speech.</p>
<p>I rest my case; a chamber which has a right to include a representative figure head from all the major religions does not represent the predominantly secular UK society.<br />
Consequently, any proscribed amendment will automatically have a element which serves to protect, preserve and propagate religious sensibilities.</p>
<p>I find it a little odd that the massive anarchism and anomaly is some what ignored by some. </p>
<p>Does the archaic really have a place in 21st century UK.</p>
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		<title>By: Jean-Paul Bentham</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jean-Paul Bentham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Get the bishops out of the House of lords and legalize pepper spray.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Get the bishops out of the House of lords and legalize pepper spray.</p>
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		<title>By: Julian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Julian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Abi, I used he / she because I didn&#039;t what gender you were. The same would occur if you were called Chris or Les. Can you please tell me how I was supposed to know your gender? An insult? I think you are being a bit too precious there.

You seem to want a law imposed for you because you didn;t get on with your parents. Can you not see how ridiculous that is, and would you have wanted to prosecuted your parents then? Send the cops round to take your parents away? You should go to the torture museum in Pnem Penn to see the results of that.

If you were abused and people were being violent against you, there has always been criminal recourse. 

We need to stop being so hysterical and childish - wanting to bring in a law becasue &quot;he over there doesn&#039;t like me and I don&#039;t like what he is thinking&quot;. Grow up!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Abi, I used he / she because I didn&#8217;t what gender you were. The same would occur if you were called Chris or Les. Can you please tell me how I was supposed to know your gender? An insult? I think you are being a bit too precious there.</p>
<p>You seem to want a law imposed for you because you didn;t get on with your parents. Can you not see how ridiculous that is, and would you have wanted to prosecuted your parents then? Send the cops round to take your parents away? You should go to the torture museum in Pnem Penn to see the results of that.</p>
<p>If you were abused and people were being violent against you, there has always been criminal recourse. </p>
<p>We need to stop being so hysterical and childish &#8211; wanting to bring in a law becasue &#8220;he over there doesn&#8217;t like me and I don&#8217;t like what he is thinking&#8221;. Grow up!</p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ David 68:

What constitute &quot;calm non-threatening criticisms of homosexual conduct&quot;? Examples should be welcomed, otherwise some police officers will be left wondering if they should act on or ignore reported complaints. Have you noticed that when Lord Waddington mentioned Ms Pauline Howe during his speech in the House of Lords, he conveniently forgot to mention that she described gay people as sodomites in her letter? I wonder what he would do if her letter to the council contained words such as niggers/pakis/yids/dirty jews etc. Would he paint her as a saint who&#039;s being vilified by the system or suddenly jump to other side of the argument? What do you think?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ David 68:</p>
<p>What constitute &#8220;calm non-threatening criticisms of homosexual conduct&#8221;? Examples should be welcomed, otherwise some police officers will be left wondering if they should act on or ignore reported complaints. Have you noticed that when Lord Waddington mentioned Ms Pauline Howe during his speech in the House of Lords, he conveniently forgot to mention that she described gay people as sodomites in her letter? I wonder what he would do if her letter to the council contained words such as niggers/pakis/yids/dirty jews etc. Would he paint her as a saint who&#8217;s being vilified by the system or suddenly jump to other side of the argument? What do you think?</p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
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		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This amendment is of little legal effect. The courts are not going to sanction a prosecution of someone for calmly and non-threateningly criticising homosexual conduct, with or without this amendment. The original Act would only ever be used where the conduct is intended to incite violence or hatred. Discussion and debate were always out of its remit, this amendment is simply symbolic and further emphasises that.

And that is right. Imagine a law which forbade criticism of somebody for their &#039;religious orientation&#039;? Half of the contributors to this discussion board would be in jail!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This amendment is of little legal effect. The courts are not going to sanction a prosecution of someone for calmly and non-threateningly criticising homosexual conduct, with or without this amendment. The original Act would only ever be used where the conduct is intended to incite violence or hatred. Discussion and debate were always out of its remit, this amendment is simply symbolic and further emphasises that.</p>
<p>And that is right. Imagine a law which forbade criticism of somebody for their &#8216;religious orientation&#8217;? Half of the contributors to this discussion board would be in jail!</p>
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		<title>By: Iris</title>
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		<dc:creator>Iris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Can&#039;t you see how ridiculous things have become that we should even be discussing someone&#039;s right to express their opinion? &quot;

Express your opinion, but don&#039;t state as &#039;facts&#039; things that aren&#039;t. And don&#039;t couch your language in offensive terms. Do you agree with that?

You say we&#039;re all answerable to a higher power - maybe and maybe not. But that higher power isn&#039;t you, so don&#039;t set yourself up as a judge. The higher power that you talk about - the Christian God I presume in your case? - isn&#039;t the one that other religions would say exists. What if you&#039;re wrong...?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Can&#8217;t you see how ridiculous things have become that we should even be discussing someone&#8217;s right to express their opinion? &#8221;</p>
<p>Express your opinion, but don&#8217;t state as &#8216;facts&#8217; things that aren&#8217;t. And don&#8217;t couch your language in offensive terms. Do you agree with that?</p>
<p>You say we&#8217;re all answerable to a higher power &#8211; maybe and maybe not. But that higher power isn&#8217;t you, so don&#8217;t set yourself up as a judge. The higher power that you talk about &#8211; the Christian God I presume in your case? &#8211; isn&#8217;t the one that other religions would say exists. What if you&#8217;re wrong&#8230;?</p>
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		<title>By: JohnK</title>
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		<dc:creator>JohnK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stewart Cowen 

Your religous beliefs are a &quot;Life style Choice&quot;

If you choose to fashion your life in the style of hatred and bigotry then thats your choice.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stewart Cowen </p>
<p>Your religous beliefs are a &#8220;Life style Choice&#8221;</p>
<p>If you choose to fashion your life in the style of hatred and bigotry then thats your choice.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stwart, I haven&#039;t given you any reason to hate me, or have I? You are probably spending time here because this is a matter closer to your heart. I&#039;ve told you before you are among peers. The difference between you and some others here is that you seem to believe in the concept of sin regarding homosexuality. Some others may disagree. This amendment does not clarify anything. If anything it only confuses things further. So people who feel compelled to approach any gay person or couple anywhere to tell them their behaviour is a sin and what they are doing is is wrong should be viewed as a matter of &quot;free speech&quot;. Which I disagree. For me this is a matter of offense and harassment, if the gay person or couple are not asking about what you think about them. And even if they asked, somethings must not be said. The same should apply to those who feel strongly about matters of race.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stwart, I haven&#8217;t given you any reason to hate me, or have I? You are probably spending time here because this is a matter closer to your heart. I&#8217;ve told you before you are among peers. The difference between you and some others here is that you seem to believe in the concept of sin regarding homosexuality. Some others may disagree. This amendment does not clarify anything. If anything it only confuses things further. So people who feel compelled to approach any gay person or couple anywhere to tell them their behaviour is a sin and what they are doing is is wrong should be viewed as a matter of &#8220;free speech&#8221;. Which I disagree. For me this is a matter of offense and harassment, if the gay person or couple are not asking about what you think about them. And even if they asked, somethings must not be said. The same should apply to those who feel strongly about matters of race.</p>
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		<title>By: JohnK</title>
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		<dc:creator>JohnK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stewart Cowen Wrote
“You&#039;re right. Lord W&#039;s amendment simply clarifies the law. It doesn&#039;t add anything or subtract anything, it clarifies. You have to wonder why most of these comments are against it. I guess they want innocent people locked up for not breaking the law.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Again Stewart you fail to understand the issue.

The issue is about the following:

* Preventing people like you from sending out a message that LGBT people are second class citizens who should convert to heterosexuality.

* Preventing people like you from using religion as a weapon to incite homophobic hatred

* Preventing people like you from propagating homophobic attitudes which will inspire others to abuse, assault and murder LGBT people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stewart Cowen Wrote<br />
“You&#8217;re right. Lord W&#8217;s amendment simply clarifies the law. It doesn&#8217;t add anything or subtract anything, it clarifies. You have to wonder why most of these comments are against it. I guess they want innocent people locked up for not breaking the law.</p>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . </p>
<p>Again Stewart you fail to understand the issue.</p>
<p>The issue is about the following:</p>
<p>* Preventing people like you from sending out a message that LGBT people are second class citizens who should convert to heterosexuality.</p>
<p>* Preventing people like you from using religion as a weapon to incite homophobic hatred</p>
<p>* Preventing people like you from propagating homophobic attitudes which will inspire others to abuse, assault and murder LGBT people.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stewart, do you defend racist &quot;freedoms of speech and expressions&quot; with the same maniqueistic fervour? Or should those kids in the video I showed you be left to the whims of the majority of society? What according to you should happen to someone who feels so strongly against people of a different colour, that they feel compelled to approach them only to tell them they were born with the wrong colour? Or refer to them as niggers? Surely you must have an opinion other than saying race and sexuality are different matters, or that people don&#039;t choose their colour.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stewart, do you defend racist &#8220;freedoms of speech and expressions&#8221; with the same maniqueistic fervour? Or should those kids in the video I showed you be left to the whims of the majority of society? What according to you should happen to someone who feels so strongly against people of a different colour, that they feel compelled to approach them only to tell them they were born with the wrong colour? Or refer to them as niggers? Surely you must have an opinion other than saying race and sexuality are different matters, or that people don&#8217;t choose their colour.</p>
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		<title>By: JohnK</title>
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		<dc:creator>JohnK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stewart Cowen . . . you have not answered my question.

Your website maps you out clearly as a crackpot, but are you a

Exgay Fundamentalitist Christain crackpot

or just a

Fundamentalitist Christain crackpot</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stewart Cowen . . . you have not answered my question.</p>
<p>Your website maps you out clearly as a crackpot, but are you a</p>
<p>Exgay Fundamentalitist Christain crackpot</p>
<p>or just a</p>
<p>Fundamentalitist Christain crackpot</p>
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		<title>By: Stewart Cowan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stewart Cowan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JohnK,

You still don&#039;t understand.

vulpus_rex,

You&#039;re right. Lord W&#039;s amendment simply clarifies the law. It doesn&#039;t add anything or subtract anything, it clarifies. You have to wonder why most of these comments are against it. I guess they want innocent people locked up for not breaking the law.

Dear Bob,

I&#039;ve already said that skin colour is not a valid comparison to any sort of behaviour.

I am not here because I have guilt or shame, only because the consequences of unrepented of sin are worse than death itself. I&#039;m self-employed, so while I&#039;m spending time writing here and elsewhere on the subject, I am losing money. Quite a lot. I don&#039;t do this out of hatred! If I hated you I&#039;d be making money instead of taking time out to warn you of the Judgment to come for sin.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JohnK,</p>
<p>You still don&#8217;t understand.</p>
<p>vulpus_rex,</p>
<p>You&#8217;re right. Lord W&#8217;s amendment simply clarifies the law. It doesn&#8217;t add anything or subtract anything, it clarifies. You have to wonder why most of these comments are against it. I guess they want innocent people locked up for not breaking the law.</p>
<p>Dear Bob,</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve already said that skin colour is not a valid comparison to any sort of behaviour.</p>
<p>I am not here because I have guilt or shame, only because the consequences of unrepented of sin are worse than death itself. I&#8217;m self-employed, so while I&#8217;m spending time writing here and elsewhere on the subject, I am losing money. Quite a lot. I don&#8217;t do this out of hatred! If I hated you I&#8217;d be making money instead of taking time out to warn you of the Judgment to come for sin.</p>
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		<title>By: JohnK</title>
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		<dc:creator>JohnK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stewart Cowen . . . 

* Hijacking this thread again!
* Desparate to get your message across again!
* Persistant in your hatered of LGBT people again!

Are you an

Exgay Fundamentalitist Christain crackpot
or just a 
Fundamentalitist Christain crackpot</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stewart Cowen . . . </p>
<p>* Hijacking this thread again!<br />
* Desparate to get your message across again!<br />
* Persistant in your hatered of LGBT people again!</p>
<p>Are you an</p>
<p>Exgay Fundamentalitist Christain crackpot<br />
or just a<br />
Fundamentalitist Christain crackpot</p>
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		<title>By: Stewart Cowan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stewart Cowan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Iris,

&quot;We all live our lives as we think right and your only concern should be with yourself.&quot;

Not so. We are accountable to a Higher Power and to each other. Nobody benefits from the selfishness you have described.

&quot;Why does your life have to be a fight?&quot;

This life is a fight. A fight to come out on the side of good over evil. It is a fallen world where many bad things happen. Do you not think it&#039;s a fight sometimes? Do you just give into temptation every time it rears its ugly head?

&quot;Why do you think people are &#039;out to get you&#039;?&quot;

People are out to get us all. Thousands of New Labour laws and extra taxation! Wait until the globalisation really begins. It&#039;s a whole other subject. 
 
&quot;Why don&#039;t you like rights for women or rights for LGBT people?&quot;

I am in favour of real (sensible) rights for everyone and that includes my right to disagree with any other human being on earth, as I have said already, without fear of prosecution. Can&#039;t you see how ridiculous things have become that we should even be discussing someone&#039;s right to express their opinion?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Iris,</p>
<p>&#8220;We all live our lives as we think right and your only concern should be with yourself.&#8221;</p>
<p>Not so. We are accountable to a Higher Power and to each other. Nobody benefits from the selfishness you have described.</p>
<p>&#8220;Why does your life have to be a fight?&#8221;</p>
<p>This life is a fight. A fight to come out on the side of good over evil. It is a fallen world where many bad things happen. Do you not think it&#8217;s a fight sometimes? Do you just give into temptation every time it rears its ugly head?</p>
<p>&#8220;Why do you think people are &#8216;out to get you&#8217;?&#8221;</p>
<p>People are out to get us all. Thousands of New Labour laws and extra taxation! Wait until the globalisation really begins. It&#8217;s a whole other subject. </p>
<p>&#8220;Why don&#8217;t you like rights for women or rights for LGBT people?&#8221;</p>
<p>I am in favour of real (sensible) rights for everyone and that includes my right to disagree with any other human being on earth, as I have said already, without fear of prosecution. Can&#8217;t you see how ridiculous things have become that we should even be discussing someone&#8217;s right to express their opinion?</p>
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		<title>By: JohnK</title>
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		<dc:creator>JohnK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stewart Cowen . . . you seem to think by hijacking this thread by impact, you can some how get across you message of hate by stealth.

I think you will find that you cannot !!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stewart Cowen . . . you seem to think by hijacking this thread by impact, you can some how get across you message of hate by stealth.</p>
<p>I think you will find that you cannot !!!</p>
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		<title>By: Neville</title>
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		<dc:creator>Neville</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Poor Stewart Cowan is seriously mentally ill.   He suffers from religious mania which is treatable.   It is important to remember that religious faith is a mental illness.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Poor Stewart Cowan is seriously mentally ill.   He suffers from religious mania which is treatable.   It is important to remember that religious faith is a mental illness.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stewart, I&#039;ll leave you with another clue: internalised homophobia. Somehow you have learnt somewhere that homosexuality is wrong. You should watch the following video, which clearly shows that some black kids have learnt somewhere that their colour is wrong:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG7U1QsUd1g
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If you want, you can find ideologies that allegedly provide &quot;evidence&quot; of homosexuality or blackness as being in the wrong side of humanity. But look at the mirror and repeat it to yourself: I love you, no matter what. You can do that. If you need help, seek it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stewart, I&#8217;ll leave you with another clue: internalised homophobia. Somehow you have learnt somewhere that homosexuality is wrong. You should watch the following video, which clearly shows that some black kids have learnt somewhere that their colour is wrong:<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG7U1QsUd1g" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG7U1QsUd1g</a><br />
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If you want, you can find ideologies that allegedly provide &#8220;evidence&#8221; of homosexuality or blackness as being in the wrong side of humanity. But look at the mirror and repeat it to yourself: I love you, no matter what. You can do that. If you need help, seek it.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And Stewart, c&#039;mon, men are their worst enemy. That only means you should look for your own answers inside yourself. You will find them. At the moment when I read you posts I can see a person feeling guilty and probably ashamed, and trying to make others feel the same. That&#039;s what&#039;s lacking your own attention and examination. You should look at your own mirror and let others look at theirs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And Stewart, c&#8217;mon, men are their worst enemy. That only means you should look for your own answers inside yourself. You will find them. At the moment when I read you posts I can see a person feeling guilty and probably ashamed, and trying to make others feel the same. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s lacking your own attention and examination. You should look at your own mirror and let others look at theirs.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>stewart #47,

&quot;Redemption cannot come that way.&quot;

But it can certainly make you feel that way, doesn&#039;t it? That&#039;s why you are here. You come here to try to make other people feel guilty for something you yourself are feeling guilty about. Your concept of sin and salvation is not of everybody&#039;s concerns. If you cannot provide real reasons, not imaginary ones, on why homosexuality is wrong, you are not any different than a screaming child banging its own head against the wall because it wants something so dearly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>stewart #47,</p>
<p>&#8220;Redemption cannot come that way.&#8221;</p>
<p>But it can certainly make you feel that way, doesn&#8217;t it? That&#8217;s why you are here. You come here to try to make other people feel guilty for something you yourself are feeling guilty about. Your concept of sin and salvation is not of everybody&#8217;s concerns. If you cannot provide real reasons, not imaginary ones, on why homosexuality is wrong, you are not any different than a screaming child banging its own head against the wall because it wants something so dearly.</p>
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