Hillary gets it right
Rejects Muslim efforts to get criticism of their religion banned
"US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has come out strongly against laws around the world that make religious defamation a crime, saying freedom of speech and religion should be equally upheld. "Some claim that the best way to protect the freedom of religion is to implement so-called 'anti-defamation' policies that would restrict freedom of expression and the freedom of religion," she said on presenting a department report on religious freedom.
"I strongly disagree. The United States will always ... stand against discrimination and persecution ... But an individual's ability to practice his or her religion has no bearing on others' freedom of speech," Clinton said.
"The protection of speech about religion is particularly important since persons of different faith will inevitably hold divergent views on religious questions. These differences should be met with tolerance, not with the suppression of discourse," she added.
In a draft resolution adopted last month by the UN Human Rights Council, Egypt and the United States raised concerns over the rise of "negative racial and religious stereotyping of religions and racial groups" around the world. The resolution, which the European Union and Latin America criticized for touching on the thorny issue of religious defamation, "condemns ... any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence".
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10 comments:
Hillary Clinton really said this? Hillary?
Good! It's nice to hear her say something right once in a while.
Now, does she oppose so called "hate crime" laws which restrict religious speech?
"Now, does she oppose so called "hate crime" laws which restrict religious speech?"
I don't know. Why don't you ask her?
You could not leave it with just a positive comment, eh?
Luke is just emulating the left, who when they see an inch of movement in the "appropriate" direction by any member of the right then asks "But why didn't they go the whole mile?"
He's probably young and naive, and doesn't understand that only the left get to employ this tactic without being called on it.
Well said Luke. Obviously, they missed your point. Why hasn't she come out against so-called hate-crime laws, which do the same thing she's against in this case?
Lucifer, they're not quite the same. One is restricting speech about a religion, while the other is restricting speech by a religion. My point was that they are essentially two sides of the same coin, so if she opposes one, she should oppose the other in order to be consistent.
She is a bit off the reservation.
Her boss already believes free expression should be curtailed for the "common good."
The common good of his Muslim brothers of course.
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http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=112886
Nice to see someone grow a pair in this administration. So far anybody who dares speak out of turn gets labeled as a racists or a Nazi or well, you get the idea.
As a non-USA-ite, I'm was dubious anout Hillary becoming President, (which for a long while seemed almost inevitable). Now, I hope the current President will not cow-tow to religiousity and give a pass to what is being "respected" over free-speech; ie. respecting some people's religious sensibilities in the name of politeness but at the same time censoring other view points as "intolerance". That's so "1984" - to claim to believe in free-speech and then go on to hypocritically start suggesting ways it ought to be restricted!!
I like Hillary, at least she's not a crazy liberal like Obama. At least she's not declaring war on Fox News and actually gave Fox credit for the way Bill O'reilly treated her. She's not perfect but at least she knows that America is a nation of many people, not just liberals crazies that want "change."
Bobby, you're not paying attention, and you apparently have a short memory. She is in fact, all the things you say she's not. But since she lost her bid for the WH, and is now simply an "employee" (and not one that's in favor) she can't show it.
Annonymous, we should give credit when credit is due, otherwise we're being unfair and no better than the Obama-lovers.
If Hillary had been elected president do you think America would be in the mess it is now? Do you think Hillary would have appointed Van Jones and all the other communists Obama loves? Do you think she would be spending our country into bankrupcy. I remember the Clinton era, the economy was good, even when they took credit for republican ideas at least they had the decency of approving good ideas!
She's not simply an employee, Hillary's too powerful to simply act like a typical secretary or an office assistant. When you're at that level and when you have your own reputation to protect, you don't simply bend over for the President and let him have his way with you.
Besides, the difference between Obama and Hillary is that she knows when she's going too far. And yes, while Hillary did speak of a right-wing conspiracy against her husband, at least she had the decency not to attack Fox News.
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