You Are Free to Practice Your Faith in a Legally Binded Manner; But You Are not Allowed to Impose it on Me.

Here below is a direct quotation from a well-written article published in Telegraph couple of days ago. 

If you don’t like images of the Prophet Muhammad, fine. Don’t draw them. But don’t tell me I can’t draw them.

If you don’t want to marry someone of the same sex, don’t. But don’t try and tell me who I can and can’t marry.

If you don’t think shops should open on a Sunday, don’t go to the shops. But don’t tell me I have to sit at home and make peace with your god.

This is the line that needs to be drawn. Not around free speech, but around our right to have our own set of beliefs, rather than have them imposed as part of a de-facto theocracy.

This is the deal. Jews, Christians, Hindus, Muslims. Welcome. You are free to practice your faith amongst us. But never forget this. It is your faith, not mine. And if you can’t accept that, then in the immortal words of the mayor of Rotterdam, you can “f––– off”


M. Sirani                                  17.01.2015

Reference:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11348033/This-isnt-about-free-speech-its-about-the-freedom-to-live-in-a-secular-society.html