QUOTE--One of our fundamental rights is that of our right to freedom of association. The correlative right to freedom of association is the equally important right to freedom of non-association. Yes, the right to NOT associate -- to exclude people from our interrelationships, for any reason, based on personal preference. If your personal preference is that you don't have to confront any idea that you don't personally happen to like or prefer, you are not the kind of people I want to associate with.
Either I have the right to speak my mind and my truth, or I'm history. I've been in too many Forums where I hold to the rules, but others are so narrow and uncomfortable having to think a new thought that they can't abide my polite language.
I'm sorry I didn't see this quotation before I posted.
Emily Cragg http://www.abidemiracles.com