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That's not entirely true. You can't write "God Hates Blacks" (per the Racial Hatred Act) but you can write "God Hates Fags". There seems to be no logical basis for this difference.

To clarify: are you talking about the U.S. or another country (a moment on Google suggests maybe Australia?). I'm almost certain that writing "God Hates Blacks" (or waving a sign saying that, etc) is perfectly legal in the United States.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech#United_States

Sorry, you are correct. I Googled "anti discrimination laws US" and didn't check that the page it gave me was actually about the US.

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