Sweden Moves to Criminalize Religious Beliefs

[moomin]

Was a bit about this in Aftonbladet, the Swedish leftist rag for the masses - tits & welfare! - a while ago. Thr cristian democrats were worried you wouldn't be able to quote from the Bible no more, the homosexual lobby thought all hate would now magically disappear and promised to send out undercover agents to churches to make sure that only the correct creed was heard in the fair country of Sweden.

As far as I can tell, the new law means you get away with saying just about anything about homosexuals as long as the state doesn't want to fry your ass. If the do, bang, you're gone. This isn't anyting new here, unfortunately - the Swedish state has a couple of things that pass for laws that deliver justice a la carte already.

[Lincoln]

Oh well, I guess I will have to learn Swedish to get to the bottom of this. Thanks for the education though. In the United States we have hate laws as well. I was just wondering how far they go in Europe. Here it is mostly restricted speech on the Universities. It seems like those rules are similar to the hate laws in Europe in general.

[Kropotkin]

Lincoln; It works like this: If you call someone in a line or on the town for "gay ****er!" a car will arrive from nowhere. A couple of men in black will drag you in and you will never be seen again. That's about the level in Sweden.

[Dr Strangelove]

Are there many Muslims in Sweden? Would they be held equally accountable to such a law?

[Lincoln]

I guess I am safe then. I don't yell things from my car.

[Kropotkin]

Yes there's quite a number of muslims and the law would obviously not give Islam a special threatment. At least in theory.

[moomin]

Strande: 1) Yes. 2) In theory, yes. In practice? You need to stop hitting those drugs so frickin' heavily, man.

[Lincoln]

Oops. I didn't read your post very well. I guess I am still safe though.

[DanS]

"in public in the US I would probably be sued"

How do you figure?

[Kropotkin]

I'm always getting the impression you could be sued for pretty much everything in the US.

[Lincoln]

That's the American way -- sue thy neighbor.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Sorry- can I just rewind to this....?

Bob Knight, who heads the Culture and Family Institute at Concerned Women for America, predicted...

Concerned Women for America? Sister organisation of "Confused Women for America"?

And "Bob"? Is that a woman's name?

[Kropotkin]

I also checked out the website of the Swedish MP in the article. Her views on the ideal society was kind of pseudo-fascist. Small, caring communites with based on solid christian belives and all that. The original website was of cource even worse (it was american afterall ).

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Do they have to be concerned about anything in general? Such as rising cheese prices?

[Kropotkin]

Concerned; as in telling other people what to do and think in a desperate attempt to take their own focus from their own pathetic homwife-lifes and husbands probably banging the secretary at the same time as these so called concerend wackos are stuffing their morals down other peoples throat while wearing a prudish dress with a flower-pattern.