Local Pastor Calls For Death of 'Queers & Homosexuals'

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crissindahouse said:

mrstickball said:

IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

Wait a minute, why is he not in jail? Is it legal to say this shit in America?

Uh, really?

Freedom of speech mean anything to you? I guess you don't have that in your country. *edit* you don't. You live in Sweden, where you do send people to jail for saying things against others.

What he said was horrible, stupid, and wrong. But he shouldn't go to jail for his words. He did not say he was going to kill, nor advised anyone to kill homosexuals. Since he did not, he didn't cross the line into specific threats against people.

Unless he does that, he should still have his 1st amendment rights to make such a statement - even if it is stupid.

if he would be a islamic preacher, he would be in guantanamo now^^ 

No, he wouldn't.

I've seen the same thing from Islamic preachers in the US, and they didn't go to jail. Its only when you begin to start speaking out of inciting violence against others in a a very direct way that the police ever start getting involved.