'The majority of Australians voted to do the moral thing and allow gay marriage in this country. They recognised it because they were not tied to a religious doctrine that tried to tell them they were sinners for doing so.'

Sure Steelie and our Creator gives people the choice to receive forgiveness and mercy. The majority are free to reject salvation and choose perversion.

'By your own words and actions we have that far more covered than you will ever be likely to.'

coming from a bloke with atrocious judgment and full of bile!

Foxy, if you are so sensitive to what a 'preacher' says, you should not be engaging in discussions of 'any' kind, let alone such sensitive ones as this one is.
By admitting to such a thing you are submitting yourself to exclusion from any and all discussions, as it appears you are easily upset.
Again you expose your true emotional state and in doing so expose the flaws in your ability to reason with proper emotional and rational thinking.
This finally explains a lot as just another piece in the puzzle that is you.
You ask when does freedom of speech tip over into hate speech.
The answer is; whenever a person feels the need.
People have different reasons for doing the things they do.
It stands to reason then that they feel justified in doing the things they do.
A thief will not reckognise he is doing anything wrong by stealing, even if it requires 'breaking and entering'.
So why then would someone not offend or abuse or insult someone if they felt the situation called for it.
YOU, Foxy, may never feel the need or find yourself in a situation to do such things.
Now we all know that's not true.
We know that in life one cannot avoid such situations, but because of your mindset, and not the situation, that you do not respond as you should, offensively, thereby putting right the situation which clearly called for it.
By not responding offensively, you have effectively given the offending party tacit approval that their behaviour was acceptable, because you.........accepted it, because you did not want to offend them.
What twisted logic, it is you and people like you who misrepresent the difference between freedom of speech and hate speech.

Belly,

Here're a few of your fellow atheists that you might like to read about,

http://listverse.com/2010/06/05/10-people-who-give-atheism-a-bad-name/

Feeling better?

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Dear ALTRAV,

God strewth, I really had to wade my way through that turgid dross for you to make such an idiotic point?

By your measure Trump has no legitimacy as President.

Look mate, I don't give a rats how much the result gets your knickers in a knot, your lot could only manage less than a third of the vote. It is done and dusted so sulk as much as you want, I don't even find it amusing any more. Get over it or don't, I really don't care.

Steely,of course you would say that.
Where's your come back?
YEH, that's what I thought.
Still trying to win an un-winable and moot point.
No I'm not letting you off the hook that easily, your going to be told.
Another correction; it was less than 40%, of the 70% or so of the population that voted.
Don't worry I don't sulk, and certainly not when I'm right.
There you've been told!