That's very nice and all, but it doesn't really answer the questions. WHAT freedoms? WHO defends them? And HOW?
Do you believe in freedom of religion? Of the press? Of speech?
It is sad that I even need to ask these questions, but I've been on enough threads where the "heresy has no rights" line has been advocated to know that it is necessary in order to determine what one means by "freedom".
Yes, all of the above, but the only freedom that was considered important enough by this nation's founders to die for was the freedom to worship.
Freedom of religion / separation of church and state is really biblical; a priest was not allowed to be King, neither was a King allowed to be priest, except for a King/Priest of the order of Melchisidek (Jesus Christ). Heresy's rights will be adjudicated by the Lord.