Bill Donohue is wrong again when he says, “As I have said countless times, everyone has a legal right to insult my religion (or the religion of others), but no one has a moral right to do so.”
The reason is that in a non-theocratic society, there is no such thing as a “moral right”. A “moral right” must have a basis in religion and the various religions contradict each other. In Christianitythere is no “moral right” to do anything that violates the 10 Commandments. There is no “moral right” to be a Muslim, a Buddhist, an Atheist or even a Jew. In a multi-religious society there are only legal rights. And the legal right to speech extends to each religion negating the other, and to contradict every moral teaching of any religion and that right must be respected by everyone of all religions even if they disagree with the content of such speech. When you limit your support of free speech to a “moral right” then you are limiting speech to the tenets of one religion. If you thereby negate other religions, then they negate yours and then no one has any rights.
“There is no “moral right” to be a Muslim, a Buddhist, an Atheist or even a Jew.”
So you don’t believe in religious freedom? Got it. Oh, and before you come back with some nonsense about “In a multi-religious society there are only legal rights” let me remind you that our “legal rights” are grounded in a constitutional frame work that recognizes our NATURAL rights rather than our merely “legal rights”. In other words, we are BORN with rights. Those are moral rights that transcend the powers or prerogatives of governments.