RE: Christian couple told they can't adopt due to their views on homosexuality.
March 4, 2011 at 9:07 am
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2011 at 9:09 am by Edwardo Piet.)
(March 4, 2011 at 8:57 am)Tiberius Wrote: Yes, of course racist beliefs should be allowed to be taught. I thought we'd passed this sort of censorship of ideas back in the enlightenment, but apparently a lot of people here think we should continue it. What's next? Do you want to burn all copies of Mein Kampf just because it was written by a racist and fascist dictator? Why should racist beliefs be passed down? Because at the end of the day, I believe in freedom; freedom of people to believe what they want, say what they want, and do what they want (within reason).
Yes, within reason. And bigotry is unreasonable.
I believe in freedom too, but there is a limit. We're talking about whether bigoted beliefs should be passed down to children by bigoted foster parents when that can be prevented. We're not talking about censoring books.
Quote:If you want to censor ideas, go ahead, but by doing it, you are becoming an enemy of freedom, and as theVOID argued, it is a slippery slope.
To go down the slippery slope you have to slip. Why isn't minimization an option? Who says we have to go to the extreme and slip down the slope?
Quote:Yes, most of them probably do[need rehabilitation], but the fact remains that if they want to believe what they believe, you have no right in taking that from them. To do otherwise would open up the floodgates to all types of people who you think need "rehabilitation".
They can believe what they want. I'm not talking thought police here. I'm saying that why should bigots be equal on the list for an opportunity to become foster parents when they may pass down bigoted beliefs on to a child?
