Yeah, i think that's idiocy. Of course religious people have the right to be religious, and they have the right to tell me about it too if they are so inclined, whatever their religion. And the same is true of atheists and agnostics and all those in between. Equally i can listen, accept, reject, ignore or laugh at the same.
I don't know why people get so defensive about it. If on the other hand someone intends to force me to believe something- that's a different matter.
But the right to speak and to persuade and to be persuaded are fundamental in modern liberal democratic society.
[hate and incitement to hate or violence are not included]
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