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I agree with freedom of speech, and would defend the right of people to say what they believe.
However, when I observe the sheer number of creationists in the US, I would assert my opinion that something has gone badly wrong with Christianity. What is wrong? Well the Reformation taught us that we can read the Bible for ourselves, but when it become that preachers, unbridled by responsibility to academic norms about how the Bible can be understood, sway half a nation, the parallel I make is that McDonalds have freedom of speech to persuade us that their burgers are good for us.