Monday, February 10, 2014

Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, and Criminal Procedure



Freedom of Speech is very important to me, as I think every citizen would agree it very important. I suppose the Freedom can go to far. There is a fine line between expressing yourself and your beliefs and inflicting intentional pain on people. Everyone has probably recently heard about the Phil Robertson statements about homosexuality. I think that people knew what his response would be based on his faith, but they still asked the questions. Do I think he was wrong, No. He was expressing his freedom of speech. Did his statement affect some people in negative ways, more than likely. Ultimately this is going to happen though, you ask hard questions and your going to get answers you may not want to hear. I can't say for sure when it shouldn't be protected but I think it would have to be a lot worse of a situation than the one above.

I suppose in today's society it is necessary for the two to be separate, or it would be unfair. The way of life for many people have changed since the time our government was first created. I however think that the Declaration of Independence and other documents show the appearance of God, and his influence on the men who created these documents. I personally miss the days when we got up everyday in school and pledged allegiance to the flag and used the phrase "one nation under God", and said a prayer.

I believe it is most defiantly necessary for defendants to have rights. You are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. People have been accused of things, and not been guilty. I would hope that if I was falsely accused of something I would still have rights. I believe in some ways our system is flawed and there are too many rights, but without them the system would be chaos.

4 comments:

  1. I commented on Carrie Davis, Rickah Herrell, and Angela Sebastiano blogs.

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  2. I agree with all of your points, especially concerning freedom of speech. I do agree that if you ask someone a question you can't expect them to tell you what you want to hear, many people have differing opinions and sometimes that causes conflict--however, because we have different opinions is what makes the country what it is. I also agree that it'd be unfair if the separation of church and state were to not exist, we have so many different cultures that don't believe in the same deity and forcing them to abide by a set religion would be cruel.

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  3. I get your point about Phil R....and I suppose we are free to be bigots if one so desires...Jesus was not a bigot, thank God....believe Phil missed the point. I suppose like anything, we are free to choose to turn off the TV or tune out the ridiculous headlines. Its a touchy subject. Always something to ponder.

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  4. I love your opinion on the Phil Robertson statement, and i totally agree with you. People shouldn't ask the questions that have answers they don't wanna hear.

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