Stupid Quote of the Day: Vox Day on free speech in America and Europe

From a post wherein he first supports those ridiculously harsh British libel laws (referring to the Simon Singh case) and then decries the place’s lack of support for free speech:

And, of course, it's worth noting that the UK, like most European countries, does not possess the strong free speech protections that the USA does. It's yet another way that religious America is better for science than the secular European utopias.

Once again falling into patently obvious fallacies, Vox. Religion in America couldn’t have less to do with strong freedom of speech/expression support if it tried. Not to mention that, the day where a strong religious presence in any country leads to an increase in free speech, is a day that shall only ever be known in the depths of the loonisphere. Last I remember, it’s religion that is the primary detractor to freedom of speech (need I pull up just a few recent examples to make my point further evident? And, of course, that’s apart from the Bible itself being so very tolerant, even embracing, of free speech, dissent, and so forth … *cough-cough-Third-Commandment-hack-cough*).