Freedom of speech should not have limitations

"As citizens of the United States it is our constitutional right to have freedom of speech. But take apart the word freedom. Criminals could have freedom to commit murder and steal as much as they want in a free country, terrorists could kill innocent people and cause chaos if they were free to. And a child can go to school and degrade and torment another student without punishment" Having a "free country" doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. The meaning of a free country is that people can do anything they want in a free and democratic society"until their actions infringe on my freedom or anyone else"s. So terrorists killing people is an obvious violation to the meaning of a free country, and it's irrelevant to a freedom of speech policy. "When a little girl comes home crying because another girl called her ugly, there is nothing that a mother can do legally that will make the slightest difference" First of all, you don't have a freedom of speech before you are 18 years old. [1] So pointing out children verbally abusing each other is therefore irrelevant. Furthermore, schools typically have a contract that the student and parent need to sign at the beginning of the school year that basically says that they have to abide by the school rules, obey the teacher, etc. Most schools, if not all of them, have rules and policies against bullying other students. Additionally, state laws and policies prohibit bullying in schools. [2] This argument that students will be bullied due to freedom of speech is simply not true. "We live in a society where somebodies sexuality is immediately shot down by somebody elses religion" A homosexual man's attraction to other men can simply be "shot down" because someone has a belief that homosexuality is wrong. Separation of church and state also prevents laws based off of religious beliefs, which prevents laws discriminating against gays to be made solely on religious beliefs. [3] "We live in a society where a group of people can stand on a street corner and protest the funerals of war veterans" One of the things you need to sacrifice for freedom of speech is other people having the same right as you do, which means they can protest for what they believe in as well. We can't just take away the rights one group has because everyone, regardless of their beliefs, have equality under the law in the United States. [4] "No police are called, nobody can do anything about it" You can protest at there protests. People have done this before and it actually made the church members stop protesting and leave the area.[5] "Two years ago, in Springfield Middle School, a rumor was spread by a few students and teachers, that two special education students, were commiting sexual acts in the restroom. The whole school believed that it was true. And its not only because their story wouldn"t make a difference, buthat everybody wants to believe the more interesting story. They were helpless in a situation that they could not get out of. If a rumor is spread about an innocent person, no law is there to stop it, but there there is a constitutional right that is there to protect it" This goes back to what I had said earlier about anti bullying policies and laws. Con's arguments have been refuted. He has not met his burden of proof in this debate. Sources: [1] http://www.factmonster.com... [2] http://www.stopbullying.gov... [3] http://definitions.uslegal.com... [4] http://www.law.cornell.edu... [5] http://kfor.com...