Judge people by their religion opinion is an hate crime

Religitard is a term in the Urban Dictionary. There are a couple definitions, however, here is one: "The term used to describe a religious-retard who is closed to the views and opinions of others, and who also voices their own opinions as fact; whilst committing crimes against human intelligence in the name of religion. Now the title of the debate is "Judge people by their religion opinion is an hate crime". Besides the obvious grammatical error of the word "an", there is more wrong with that statement . My opponent is claiming that religious opinions deserve respect, but that my opinions do Not deserve respect. Besides being selfish, my opponent is just wrong. Everybody's opinions are fair game and should be open to criticism. That is the essence of free speech. Freedom of speech was designed to protect people who say things that others do not agree with all the time. Freedom of speech allows all opinions to be criticized. Lets take a good look at some intellectuals and how they view this subject. Lets refer to True Scripture :) BigKids 5:18--The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision and contempt freedom of thought becomes impossible--Salman Rushdie :) STUDS 9:51--Society bends over backward to be accommodating to religious sensibilities but not to other kinds of sensibilities. If I say something offensive to religious people, I'll be universally censured, including by many atheists. But if I say something insulting about Democrats or Republicans or the Green Party, one is allowed to get away with that. Hiding behind the smoke screen of untouchability is something religions have been allowed to get away with for too long. -- Richard Dawkins One thing many religitards do not realize is that humans are equal, Not their ideas, beleifs or opinions. When a child is born, that child is equal, the human is sacred, the human is deserving of respect, Nothing else. .Period. If that human grows up and has the opinion that those who are born with a biological difference in skin color, i. e, black, and believes that black people do Not deserve equal rights, we call that person a racist. If a human grows up and has the opinion that those who are born with a biological difference in sexuality do Not deserve equal rights , we call that person a bigot. What needs to be understood, is many religitards feel that their opinions deserve some type of special respect, and that they can just run their mouth about unproven claims and nobody should be allowed to challenge or criticize those claims or as my opponent has wrongfully stated, should be a hate crime. My opponet has the right to beleive that all the stars and galaxies were created by a universal dictator who drown his own children and who organized a human sacrifice, and I have the right to tell him that he is a lunatic religitard. If challenging and criticizing religious beliefs really were a hate crime, there would be many intellectuals in jail for speaking their mind and voicing their opinions regarding the childish, and unproven claims made by religitards :) However, it is Not a hate crime to criticize religious opinions it is freedom of speech. No matter how much my opponent would like to see people convicted of crimes for challenging and criticizing his opinions, we have freedom of speech laws in place to stop the tyranny my opponent wishes to place on the world thru criminalizing words he isnt comfortable with. If we started charging people with hate crimes because they said something we didint like, there would be no free speech. Crimes deserve to be punished in a court of law, the United States is a free country that does Not prosecute people for their opinions, therefore my opinion that he is a religitard may be uncomfortable to his sensibilities, however it is in no way a hate crime. If judging people by their religious opinion was a hate crime, the prison system would be severely overcrowded with free thinkers, scientists and other intellectuals who are necessary for the advancement of mankind to a higher standard. Many humans have judged other people by their religious opinion and have Never been charged with a hate crime. Below you will find these people who openly judged religious beliefs and were never found guilty of a hate crime much to my opponents despair: "Now, I am absolutely convinced that the main source of hatred in the world is religion and organized religion. Absolutely convinced of that. And I think it should be -- religion -- treated with ridicule, and hatred, and contempt. And I claim that right--Christopher Hitchens :) In this quote, Christopher is appealing to our sensibilities that religious beliefs should be treated with ridicule, hatred and contempt, I submit to my opponent that no crime was committed in the free speaking that took place by Christopher. Although my opponent may have his feelings hurt, the laws do not censor free speech to protect your feelings :) "The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can change this. " -- Albert Einstein :) Here you will notice a very prominent intellectual in our time, Albert Einstein, has judged beliefs in the bible as childish, and the word of god is a product of human weaknesses. My opponent would like you to believe that judging religious beliefs like that is a hate crime, however, my opponent will not enjoy the fruits of his tyranny because again, freedom of speech protected Albert from the punishment of a hate crime for judging religious opinions. When one person suffers from delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from delusion it is called religion. " --Robert M. Pirsig :) In this quote you will notice that Robert is judging religious beliefs as delusional. This opinion of his was never charged as a hate crime because like Albert, and Christopher in the previous quotes, freedom of speech laws protect Robert Pirsig from the tyranny of prosecution of a hate crime by people like my opponent who claim judging people by their religious opinion is a hate crime.