[Freedom2specul8]

I have an important question.. At least for me it is.

On your front page, I took a quote from you for use on the rhino free america project.

One of the messages you mentioned was paraphrasing...recruiting like minded people to this website.

One of the greatest benefits of this website is being a witness... One could be a witness for conservatism, or Christianisty. The list is endless.

Is banning people who basically debate on one thread about differences of belief in a religion a good thing? You said yourself that people at the tea parties are from all walks of life. Isn’t that what we should expect at free republic? People from all walks of life?

It’s like a family at the dinner table..say on Sundays or holiday gatherings. People discuss, wind up in an argument and then forgive each other later.

Where do we draw the line when it comes to banning people from the dinner table/house?

[presently no screen name]

people at the tea parties are from all walks of life.

I'm sure there were liberals at the TP who were there because they had enough. So is FR a place for them? I do believe we already have them.

People discuss, wind up in an argument and then forgive each other later.

As far as forgive later - it's sounds good but very rarely happens when someone has an agenda. When there is a stark difference in beliefs at one table, are you going to referee the food fight - deliberately started to cause disruption.

Forgive someone because I expressed my beliefs that are well grounded in Truth? Never! Bow down to someone pumping up a RINO for my president. Never! Submit to some RINO or a lib playing the part - saying a true conservative has flaws and is not presidential material. Never! Has all this been tried? Over and over and over again.

[metmom]

Is banning people who basically debate on one thread about differences of belief in a religion a good thing?

Debate is one thing. The reason those people got banned is another.

It's not about just differences of belief. It's about mockery and ridicule and name calling.