How to have Freedom of Speech

                                                               Meaning: Freedom of Speech

The right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint.

Freedom of Speech is the right to communicate one's opinions and ideas without fear of government retaliation or censorship. The term Freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously, but includes any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.

"Learn how to handle Constructive Criticism."

My intentions is never to hurt anyone so if you are I apologize for that, but I won't apologize for ever speaking my mind. I was inspired to write this because of something I said to someone, I simply was talking about how this country was acting like it was good to be Gay as if being Gay is a trend that we all should do. That person wasn't happy because they had relatives who were Gay, well so do I. I had relatives die from Aids from being Gay, and I have relatives now who's Gay. I Love everyone and would still be in their lives if they're Gay or not, but I know it's a Sin in God's Eyes. How can I like what God frowns on just like if a Murderer killed someone would that be o'k with you, well that's no smaller or different Sin to God? Some would say I'm mean or hateful because I don't approve of Gay rights or Interracial Relationships, but God gives us Choices and my choice is to follow Gods words not People. If we follow People we'll get a ticket to Hell if I follow my Father above he'll give me a ticket to Heaven/Paradise. We talk about Freedom of Speech so why do we get criticize or People get crucified for speaking our mind about things we don't agree with? When I say support that just mean that I'll still love you, but don't approve of what your doing. That's what's wrong with People were hypocrites we say oh it's alright say what ya feel, but when it's something that you don't like or want to hear then it's a problem or it's not accurate. I live to please the Lord not People so be upset, be mad, be angry, but at the end of the day you will answer to God. Freedom of speech in the United States is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. I don't hold back I say what I feel and that's my right as long as I'm not threatening or hurting anyone. Let me say this I voted for Obama both times but I was angry, because he knew truly in his heart that Homosexuality is wrong, it's a Sin, but because he's in politics he forgot his values and beliefs, and said he was all for Gay rights and Gay marriage just so he could have Gays on his side. He lost kudo points with me after that. If he's Muslim or Christian I don't know, but every religion is against Homosexuality. Listen I had a Gay friend for 12yrs. who I miss and love very much, but what she was doing was wrong, and she kept trying to put her Homosexuality on me so I let her go. Have you all forgotten about the Lord does God matter anymore or have everyone loss there minds and choose to follow Satin. Every time you do something wrong it's a Sin, every time you accept what God is against you're disobeying and going against God. Stop and think about that for a minute... I'm not saying to disown your family or friends who are Gay I'm just saying stop looking at straight people like were wrong from being straight, and stop trying to turn out straight people. If your Gay be Gay and stick to your kind not everyone wants to be Homosexual. I'm not the judge God is are you going to argue with his words? God does not create a person with Homosexual desires.

The Bible doesn't speak of homosexuality very often; but when it does, it condemns it as a sin.

• Leviticus 18:22, "You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination."1
• Leviticus 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their blood guiltness is upon them."
• 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, "The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God." The Bible tells us that homosexual activity is a sin (Genesis 19:1-13; Leviticus 18:22; 20:13; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9). Romans 1:26-27 teaches specifically that homosexuality is a result of denying and disobeying God. When people continue in Sin and unbelief, God “gives them over” to even more wicked and depraved Sin in order to show them the futility and hopelessness of life apart from God. 1 Corinthians 6:9 proclaims that homosexual “offenders” will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  
  God does not create a person with Homosexual desires. The Bible tells us that people become Homosexuals because of Sin (Romans 1:24-27) and ultimately because of their own choice. A person may be born with a greater susceptibility to homosexuality, just as some people are born with a tendency to violence and other Sins. That does not excuse the person’s choosing to Sin by giving in to Sinful desires. If a person is born with a greater susceptibility to anger/rage, does that make it right for him to give into those desires? Of course not! The same is true with Homosexuality. The Bible does not describe Homosexuality as a “greater” Sin than any other. All Sin is offensive to God and measured the same there's no little lie, no small lie all lies are the same to God. Homosexuality is just one of the many things listed in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 that will keep a person from the kingdom of God. According to the Bible, God’s forgiveness is just as available to a Homosexual as it is to an Adulterer, idol Worshipper, Murderer, Thief, etc. God also promises the strength for victory over Sin, including Homosexuality, to all those who will believe in Jesus Christ for their salvation (1 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Philippians 4:13). No matter what we ever done in our lives if we believe and ask for forgiveness and don't commit the same Sin again We will be forgiven. As you're reading this I'm not against you I love you so I'm trying to save you, because life is short and we need to stay Prayed up, & Faithed up. I have already asked God to forgive me so my conscientious is clean. My secret to you 20 yrs ago or longer I use to be Bi-Sexual I had boyfriends & girlfriends and what's funny is that when I was doing that I was bothered by it daily, because I knew God didn't approve of it. That's how Sin works Satin convince you to do wrong because he came to Steal, Kill, and Destroy. He doesn't love us and remember this he was once an Angel he could never be stronger then his own Creator. I stopped because my love for a man was always stronger, and just because you enjoy something doesn't mean you should keep doing it if you know it's wrong. My love for the Lord is stronger than anything he said stop and I did just that. God gives us chooses because were Human not Robots. We make excuses to do bad our famous line is... Were Sinners God knows we were born Sinners, were Human entitled to make mistakes, Shout up already with that sorry excuse. Listen Jesus died for your Sins were just looking for any excuse to do bad without guilt, because if you know what you're doing is wrong, but you act as if you don't know then you think that God won't hold you accountable for it, well I'm here to tell you that your reliable for your own Sins after the age of 10! I use to preach that everyone is allowed to love who they love as long as their happy, but God made Adam and Eve to populate the world, not to mix the same sex, and no matter who is doing it or believes it's o'k you're saying the hell to God. I can't and won't condone wrong anymore. This isn't rocket science it's believing in the Lord and following his rules if you don't believe in God it's your prerogative, your right, your choice, but don't expect me to follow. I will be a fool to accept and allow behavior that is considered morally wrong and offensive to many, but they won't speak on it, well I'm there voice.  Psalm 97:10 (Holy Bible) The Lord loves those who hate evil he protects the lives of his people; he rescues them from the power of the wicked. Know that God Loves you deeply and Cares about you. Psalm 97:10

  King James Bible

   Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
  
  
  
  If something is wrong I will be honest and say it's wrong, everybody says whatever the hell they want to African Americans/Blacks and nothing happens. Example: Jobs says this Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Ask yourself this with a open mind, with common sense If that Equal crap you just read is true why is it on Applications anyway, why do you have to answer it on most forms you feel out? I'll tell you why because it's a bunch of bull so I say this Being Homosexual male or female is wrong God said so, it's an immoral act there's no debating with God. We all will answer for our Sins, but I'm cleaning the Skeletons out my Closet now. We live in a Facetious world and I hate that.

  Why I don't believe in Interracial Relationships simply because Black people or minorities have enough trouble already they don't need help with any more bull to further complicate there life. People are afraid to speak what they feel so they go with everybody else trend, or tradition and lie, well not me I choose my path, my own traditions, my own words, and my own life.

• From Wikipedia below

Right to freedom of speech and expression

Concepts of freedom of speech can be found in early human rights documents.^[5] England’s Bill of Rights 1689 legally established the constitutional right of 'freedom of speech in Parliament' which is still in effect.^[8] The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, adopted during the French Revolution in 1789, specifically affirmed freedom of speech as an inalienable right.^[5] The Declaration provides for freedom of expression in Article 11, which states that:

The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may, accordingly, speak, write, and print with freedom, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law.^[9]

Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948, states that:

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.^[10]

Today, freedom of speech, or the freedom of expression, is recognized in international and regional human rights law.

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Governments restrict speech with varying limitations. Common limitations on speech relate to libel, slander, obscenity, pornography, sedition, incitement, fighting words, classified information, copyright violation, trade secrets, non-disclosure agreements, right to privacy, right to be forgotten, political correctness, public security, public order, public nuisance, campaign finance reform, perjury, and oppression. Whether these limitations can be justified under the harm principle depends upon whether influencing a third party's opinions or actions adversely to the second party constitutes such harm or not. Governmental and other compulsory organizations often have policies restricting the freedom of speech for political reasons, for example, speech codes at state schools.

The term "offense principle" is also used^[1] to expand the range of free speech limitations to prohibit forms of expression where they are considered offensive to society, special interest groups or individuals. For example, freedom of speech is limited in many jurisdictions to widely differing degrees by religious legal systems, religious offense or incitement to ethnic or racial hatred laws. With the evolution of the digital age, corporations are gaining control over people's opinions, ideas, and means of communication. Governments are also known to employ various filtering systems over the internet to restrict the interaction of its citizens with outside countries.

Internet speech

In a 9–0 decision, the Supreme Court extended the full protection of the First Amendment to the Internet in Reno v. ACLU, a decision that struck down portions of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, a law that prohibited "indecent" online communication (that is, non-obscene material protected by the First Amendment). The court's decision extended the same Constitutional protections given to books, magazines, films, and spoken expression to materials published on the Internet. Congress tried a second time to regulate the content of the Internet with the Child Online Protection Act (COPA). The Court again ruled that any limitations on the internet were unconstitutional in American Civil Liberties Union v. Ashcroft (2002).

In United States v. American Library Association (2003) the Supreme Court ruled that Congress has the authority to require public schools and libraries receiving e-rate discounts to install Content-control software as a condition of receiving federal funding. The justices said that any First Amendment concerns were addressed by the provisions in the Children's Internet Protection Act that permit adults to ask librarians to disable the filters or unblock individual sites.

From a fellow blogger own words below, I enjoyed this. A list of things not to say while following Jesus.

sojo.net

I think people who say these things are mostly trying to be kind, grateful, and even humble when they say some of them. But if we really do want to be kind, grateful, and humble we need to think about these sayings a little more – and then stop saying them.

10) Everything happens for a reason.

Implied in this is a very specific understanding of how God interacts with the world. Specifically, it says God directs all things. So, mass murders? God had a reason for that senseless act of violence. Stubbing your toe on the door frame? I guess God wanted to smite your toe.

This way of seeing God turns us all into puppets — God's little play things who really have no freewill. Do you truly think a god needs toys? If so, do you really think we're the best toys God could make to play with?

9) God needed another angel.

God loves you. God loves your loved ones. God is coming for your loved ones.

You think it hurt when God smote your toe? Just wait 'til God rips out your heart. But it's OK. They needed another angel in heaven.

See? All better!

Really? No, of course not. Now that you understand what you are saying, can we just stop it?

8) God never gives us more than we can handle.

Ever tried saying this to a person contemplating suicide? No? Well, of course not.

Why? Because it is just wrong.

It's wrong for the reason that #10 is wrong and it's wrong because factual circumstances of living prove that sometimes this life does bring with it more than we can handle.

7) But for the grace of God, there go I.

Think about that for just a minute.

How about walking in the shoes you're grateful not to be in for just a minute? Are they where they are because they lack the grace of God that others receive?

Does God pick and choose whom grace lands upon, intentionally withholding it from some people?

I know that people who say this don't mean it that way, but that is what they are saying – even if indirectly. Feel free to be thankful for where you are but let's stop heaping coals on other people's shoulders – even if unintentionally.

6) I must be living right.

Have you ever been riding in a car when the driver pulls into a parking space right in front of the store and proclaims, “I must be living right!”?

Sure, they are half joking but keep in mind it's only half joking. Statements like this have their roots in that nasty “everything happens for a reason” thinking.

These are the same folks who ask God to help them win sporting events. I hate to burst the bubble, but God doesn't care which team wins or how close to the store entrance you get to park your car.

Plus, go back to #7. When you say things like this, what are you saying about the folks who had to park in that very last spot next to the shopping cart return where the car doors get all dinged up? And for that matter, if you are “living right,” why didn't you take that spot and leave the one up front for someone else?

5) Love the sinner, hate the sin.

The problem I have with this one is the comma. It should be a period.

After further thought, I have a problem with the comma, everything that comes after it and “the sinner.”

Who am I (and who are you) to be deciding for someone else what is getting between them and God? I'm all for doing it in regard to our own lives but in someone else's life? Hands off. Who do we think we are? God?

Now that I think about it, the problem I have with this one is that there's not a period after love.

Love. Period.

4) It's okay to judge.

Recently, there has been a rash of Christian bloggers defending their right to judge. I guess it's a thing. All the cool bloggers are doing it.

I love being cool. And apparently it's cool to judge others. So, let me judge them for trying to justify judging others. Don't worry though – I'm loving the sinner, hating the sin when I do it. So, it's OK. Right?

Oh, give me just a minute though. It turns out I've got a log in my eye. I'll need to take care of that first.

3) Because the Bible tells me so (or “it’s in the Bible”).

The King James Bible tells me there are unicorns – 9 times.

I'm sorry, I got distracted. What was it you were telling me about using the Bible to prove a fact?

2) Have you heard about Jesus?

Seriously?

1) There are no atheists in a foxhole.

Really? There are atheists in church and you honestly think there are no atheists in foxholes?

Look, I get that the point is supposed to be that when faced with death we all turn to God. However, not only is that simply not true for everyone when faced with death, it is really bad logic.

Let me demonstrate.

When faced with death in a foxhole – grenade flying overhead and limbs being blown off the person next to me –I am likely to soil my britches. It does not follow that I should always soil my britches.

In foxholes there are a whole bunch of people trying to stay alive and they pretty much don't care what the other person believes about God. They just want to stay alive ... and possibly a clean pair of britches.