Why not? To quote what you said, "they won't tolerate..." that means "intolerance." Whether it is they won't tolerate blacks or they won't tolerate women or they won't tolerate Muslims or they won't tolerate (insert any word you want, including intolerance).

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Set your destination with your heart, get there with your mind.

"The wisest men follow their own direction." - Euripides

that is simply stupid circular thinking

one doesn't BECOME a bad (insert noun) because one disagrees or condemns bad (insert noun)

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"No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities."

...Christian Nestell Bovee

You're more than welcome to question his moral principles, but know that they ultimately lead to laws prohibiting certain types of speech. Neo-nazis and holocaust deniers are routinely locked up in Europe for simply speaking their minds. I suggest you stop focussing on individual morality and focus on political positions, as the latter tend to be more damaging.

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"Bring me that horizon".

My interest on the laws of the EU in regards to American law is minimal.

The EU countries do not have our constitution, nor our constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech.

I get tired of hearing how America has to be careful because of the hate speech laws in other countries. There are countries in the world that cut off the hands of thieves. I'm not worried about that happening in the U.S. either. We have a different culture here. Our constitution prevents many of the issues considered as slippery slopes because of the results in other countries.

edited to add: did you miss the part of my post which stated clearly that he should not be stopped from voicing his opinion?

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"No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities."

...Christian Nestell Bovee

I never used the word 'bad'. When 'ban' is used, than what you say is true. But in the case of tolerance and intolerance, you are doing the very thing that you say you are against. It's like saying every one should be accepting, so I won't accept those that aren't accepting, that's total hypocrisy.

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Set your destination with your heart, get there with your mind.

"The wisest men follow their own direction." - Euripides

We never thought America would do a lot of things unconstitutionally, we still did them. You should worry about the laws of other countries because they'll be coming soon to a legislature near you.

I know you said he should be able to voice his concerns, and I said you should focus on people's political beliefs instead, since they denote what they want to DO to other people. Chan finds homosexuality to be deviant, but his political agenda is to afford them the same rights as everybody else. This is not a problem, and your attempts to change his way of thinking is unncecessary.

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"Bring me that horizon".

Oh great, another legitimate philosphical discussion that must revolve around the constitution of the US. These people are like religous fundamentalists, they run from philosophical debate, instead clutching on to their sacred text.

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Viva Fidel

If there ever was in the history of humanity an enemy who was truly universal, an enemy whose acts and moves trouble the entire world, threaten the entire world, attack the entire world in any way or another, that real and really universal enemy is precisely Yankee imperialism

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?

No - it's perfectly legitimate - you are taking a circular route to prove something that can't be proven.

Not to mention - intolerance IS a bad thing.

As I said, I do not approve of his being punished for his ignorant and bigoted intolerant POV - that doesn't mean I won't point it out. That is not intolerance.

Using your reasoning, slaves were racists because they didn't like being owned by whites.

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"No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities."

...Christian Nestell Bovee

oh, great - somebody who thinks a discussion that was about legalities should ignore the uber text that defines law in this country.

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"No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities."

...Christian Nestell Bovee

This is not a country, but an international community. Why are you all incapable of arguing if something is right or not ? Read the OP, it is not about legalities. It's an argument about the description of homosexuals.

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Viva Fidel

If there ever was in the history of humanity an enemy who was truly universal, an enemy whose acts and moves trouble the entire world, threaten the entire world, attack the entire world in any way or another, that real and really universal enemy is precisely Yankee imperialism

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?