Right to Speak Up

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I don’t really give a hoot if somebody decides to believe in virgin birth, walking on water, heal the blinds, coming back to life from death, etc. and hence conduct their personal lives accordingly.

However when these people hold government administration power in their hands and use those beliefs to make policies that have negative impacts on my welfare then I believe I have the right to speak up.

When people using their own beliefs to openly or tacitly regard me as “morally inferior” to them then I believe I have the right to speak up.

There are people who hold those same beliefs but out of their own choice or otherwise have never done any harm to me nor disrespected me (of which I am grateful). However if these people indirectly or unwittingly condone these behaviours by not recognising or openly opposing them then I believe I have the right to speak up.

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