Analyze why Rorty argues that “though the law should not forbidsomeone from citing religious texts in support of a political positionon homophobia, custom should forbid it.” Why does he argue that itshould be counted as hate speech?How does he argue that harm is being done by “peacetime sadism thatuses religion to excuse cruelty”?Provide evidence from the reading.Rorty suggests that as citizens of a democracy, we should try to putoff invoking conversation-stoppers as long as possible. Give an examplewhere a statement that is a conversation-stopper can be changed intoone that keeps the conversation going.
