Hate the Hatred, not the Hater

It's good to see that in some countries (not necessarily the United States where the ACLU's lizard-faced lawyers have run amok) people still see that teaching the truth about a backwards belief system is OK to do and that there is a difference between hating a belief system and hating a people group.

TWO Christian pastors found to have vilified Muslims stood on the steps of the Court of Appeal yesterday after the ruling was overturned and vowed to keep telling "the truth" about Islam.

Further,...

Last year, the two pastors and Catch the Fire ministries were found to have vilified Muslims at the seminar, in a newsletter and website article.

Judge Michael Higgins ordered them to apologise in newspaper advertisements and not to repeat the teachings anywhere in Australia.

Yesterday, the Court of Appeal overturned his finding, ordered the case to be reheard at the original tribunal before a different judge with no further evidence, and set aside Judge Higgins' orders.

Justice Geoffrey Nettle said Judge Higgins equated hating Muslims' religious beliefs with hating Muslims because of their beliefs. This was not so — many people might despise Pastor Scot's perception of Christianity, yet not dream of hating him.

It seems there is a balanced outlook on this verdict by the churches involved.

Uniting Church justice spokesman Mark Zirnsak said he hoped the judgement would
not be seen as a green light for groups to incite racial or religious hatred, believing that the law had been watered down.
"There are groups who may be emboldened to test what they can get away with. People might be assaulted or insulted or mistreated because of their race or religion — that's been our key concern."

It seems like it will be up to the Muslim community in Australia to prove it's not the rioting horde some of their global observers might conclude. We'll how well they handle the verdict.