Re: One other point

It is an unfortunate consequence of living in our heavily populated societies that freedoms are not absolutes and never will be. We will always have to make compromises. If you do not wish to comply with what the rest of us have to comply with then either suffer the consequences or buy your own deserted island and leave [sic] out your dream there - plenty available I hear.*

There is nothing said there that I object to. I agree that freedoms are not absolute. However, you neither addressed my point in any real way nor made an argument that hasn't been used to oppress various minorities in the past. If you want to understand whether your argument is a sound one or a false one, try it out on other groups besides the scapegoat du jour. Let's see how your argument above flies with gays, or blacks, or women.

lesbian: I can't marry the person I love because we're both women.

lee lette: It is an unfortunate consequence of living in our heavily populated societies that freedoms are not absolutes and never will be. We will always have to make compromises. If you do not wish to comply with what the rest of us have to comply with then either suffer the consequences or buy your own deserted island and leave [sic] out your dream there - plenty available I hear.

black man: I can't drink from that water fountain because of my skin color.

lee lette: It is an unfortunate consequence of living in our heavily populated societies that freedoms are not absolutes and never will be. We will always have to make compromises. If you do not wish to comply with what the rest of us have to comply with then either suffer the consequences or buy your own deserted island and leave [sic] out your dream there - plenty available I hear.

woman: I cannot vote due to my sex.

lee lette: It is an unfortunate consequence of living in our heavily populated societies that freedoms are not absolutes and never will be. We will always have to make compromises. If you do not wish to comply with what the rest of us have to comply with then either suffer the consequences or buy your own deserted island and leave [sic] out your dream there - plenty available I hear.

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* "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." - Anatole France