Sometimes i wonder if freedom of speech is such a great thing after all. Maybe we should reserve this right for tax payers only, that might solve the problem.
In a day and age where sending an angry text or email to an exgirlfriend can get you arrested, how is it that the law doesnt prevent people from being told that theyre going to burn in hell? If i sent the text "You're going to burn for what you did", i could be arrested. If i were completely ignorant to christian lore and saw a protester holding a sign telling me that i was going to burn in hell, could that not be perceived as a threat? Why does the law assume that people are in understanding of christian meaning. Is being a christian a free pass to talk like a crazed lunatic? On the news yesterday i listened to a preacher giving his political advice to the presidential candidates. His advice was to lock "Lesbians and queers" in cages together and eventually they would die off because they wouldnt be able to reproduce.

My only beef is this........... Christians.... you have the right to say whatever you wish within the confines of the law. I want you to have this right, even if you use it to tell me i am going to burn in hell. However...... if you're going to abuse your freedoms, at least help pay for them. Give me one reason that any church should be tax exempt in a country that is trillions of dollars in debt. Based on a brief attempt at finding the answer, i estimate there is about 400,000 churches in the united states. For comparison, there's about 4000 Walmarts.