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I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. 2 Tim. 4:1-5

The controversy over Phil Robertson’s GQ interview

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. George Washington

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. Thomas Jefferson

Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. Benjamin Franklin

Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear. Harry Truman

Increasingly, the homosexual agenda is seeking…  the social and legal acceptance of their lifestyle  to silence those who speak about against it  to demonize their critics

We are admonished to be tolerant of their convictions While they are not tolerant of the convictions of their critics Christians must not speak out against a lifestyle they believe immoral While they want the freedom to speak out in favor of their lifestyle and speak out against Christians and Bible Bible-believers are demonized for rejecting what to them is immoral While they ask us to speak of and treat them with respect Our criticism of them is bigotry and unjustified judging While their criticism of Christians is to be tolerated

We are increasingly being intimidated into not using our 1 st amendment right of free speech and being frightened by reprisals if we do.

As American citizens we must not allow ourselves to be stripped of this most precious right of free speech.

For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts Rom.1:26-27

Col. 3:8 But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. Col. 4:6 Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person. Eph 5:11-13 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.

Eph. 6:18-20 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

1 Thess. 2:1-2 For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain, but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition.

Col. 4:2-4 Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned; that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak.

Tit. 2:11-15 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

Matt 10:27,28,32,33 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops. Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell…Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.

1 Peter 3:13-16 Who is there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. AND DO NOT FEAR THEIR INTIMIDATION, AND DO NOT BE TROUBLED, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame.

The first amendment give us the right to speak freely The Bible places upon us the responsibility to speak freely