Religious freedom and the "gay agenda"

I've been hearing about this case about a B.C. teacher named "Chris Kempling". He is a Conservative/Fundamentalist Christian whom opposed what Fundys call the "homosexual agenda" beeing shoved onto kids in schools, and gay-marriage,etc. Mr.Kempling wrote some letters to the editors of newspapers expressing his views on these things and got suspended for a few months from his teaching job for it, and has been drawn into a lengthy and expensive legal battle.Now, as full of shit as I think people like Mr.Kempling are on such issues; and as much as I'd love to see their centuries of power hold on the western world of enforcing their intolerance, and in a sense perhaps they are now beginning to as the babble..er...Bible says- "reap" as they have "sown"{reaping intolerance for their centuries of power hold and intolerance}, and I feel a sense of poetic grand justice at it all; on the more tempoiral and immediate scale, I wonder if such penalties for their exorcising of their freedom of speech and freedom of the press{as intolerant,archaic, and full of bullshit, not to mention as "dangerous" as these views may be} are exsessive.These people have a seriuos persecution complex, even though it has been their kind that have held the most power,wealth, and influence for 1700 years{since Constantine} and have used their so-called "holy book" to supress others rights and, to opress, and to even treat others cruelly{it is the Fundamentalists of this faith which have historically been behind such oppresions as the Inquisitions, the witch burnings, opression of black people and of aboriginal/native peoples,} and crual subversions; now they ar reaping as they've sown, and I find it hard to have sympathy for them.They believe that the inclusion of "homosexuality' into the hate crimes laws, and of gay-marriage passing will result in the downfall of our civilization and in their religious freedoms beeing seriuosly oppressed. Now while I think that their paranioa about his is exsessive; I do agree that in the early stages of homosecuality beeing accepted here that the Fundamentalist Christians indeed "may" be subjected to a small amount of undemocratic injustices, but that in the long run they will not be nearly as severwly persecuted as they assume they are about to be{as they lsoe their power hold and monopoly on everything}, in the long run they will not be forced{on a massive scale} to accomodate homosexuals/homosexuality into their Churches and their religious businesses,etc. But many of them are crying "persecution" even in cases where they say own secular/non-religiuos businesses and treat homosexuals to discrimination therein{lest get this straight-NO PUN INTENDED; you are free Fundys to discrimate on basis of your religious buildings but not your non-religious businesses,etc, or if if you a landlord or something}. In the long run, the apoclaypse will not result from it{unless, THEY FORCE IT} and they will not face "heavy" persecutions, and it will subside in a short period{unless they continue to be power hungry and seek to suppress equality rights outside of their own religiuos intitutions}..Back on track to Mr.Kempling.I do agree that Mr.Kempling, as ignorant and half-cocked as his views are, has been unfairly discriminated against, and excessively punished. He spoke his views publically in a public paper, expressing his freedom of religion and freedom of the press, he was'nt preaching this bulsshit in the classroom outright; so in this case, sometimes in cases like these-we of both the gay community and/or gay rights community and our supporters can act power-hungry too; I think Mr.kempling probbaly should be apologized too{whilst told how full of shit his views are; though democratically it is his right to express them in the press like that}, his beeing a teacher should "probably" not disalow him from dooing so. I have a hard time saying this, because men like him have my contempt, and sometimes I feel like they are just reaping as they've sown and should have to face the consequences of their intolerant and persecutiong views and actions; but what can I say "freedom of religion/freedom of the press" people, it's a charter right. He has been exsessively punished.

What are your views, feel free to share.

Here are a couple links on the issue of Mr.Kempling http://www.narth.com/docs/canteacher.html http://www.bcptl.org/rights.htm http://www.bcptl.org/rights.htm#April2505

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the Very Irreverand Bill Baker