Ban on Gay March

     On Wednesday in Serbia, police banned a gay pride march in fear that another attack, such as the one in 2010, would occur again. It is also mentioned that the police were “complying with a request from Serbia's Christian Orthodox church”. The previous attack in Belgrade was on a similar gathering and was strung out for a day. It left about 100 people injured.

      I don’t know the laws or policies in Serbia but from the article, it sounded as though they have similar rules to the U.S. where freedom of speech is not against the law but I am not sure if it’s a given right. As much as I was opposed to hear that the police wouldn’t let them march, I somewhat understand the reasoning. I wouldn’t want anyone to get hurt either. But that doesn’t make it right for the police to “comply with a request” especially if the group who requested such a thing doesn’t agree with the gay pride march in the first place.

     I think that freedom of speech is a very important right that should be given to every person in the world. I would very much like to hear every ones opinion even if I don’t agree. In the case of this gay march, I am not trying to write about such a touchy subject but, I am not at all against gay people and I would support anyone I know who happened to feel that way. I believe that churches that don’t believe in it should mind their own business because they, after all, believe things that may be ridiculous or unsettling to others too. This is somewhat beside the point since I didn’t intend to write this about religions or gay pride.

 Basically, I feel like no matter the march’s purpose, no one should feel so opposed as to attack anyone who wants to show their feelings. And the police should have maybe just banned all who posed a threat from the area instead of the march its self.

http://news.yahoo.com/police-ban-gay-pride-march-serbia-christian-orthodox-164308344.html