I have had a Neopets account since September under the username "maleficentsnape." According to the Neopets rules, you can have up to 5 accounts. So I created a second account under the user name "christianlady1978." Then my problems began.
The day after I created the second account, it was frozen. According to TNT (The Neopets Team) the username is inappropriate for Neopets. I checked their rules and it says nothing about having religious user names. It does say "material regarding political, social, or religious views or opinions" is not permitted. However, I was not "preaching" or anything of that nature. And I have seen many different religious user names on Neopets that have not been banned.
Examples are "ilovejesus, " "god4me, " and "baptistgurl13." Since so many other accounts with religious user names were still allowed, I went to my "maleficentsnape" account and put "UNICE christianlady1978!!! Het username is NOT inappropriate!!!" in my signature line. Two days later, I received an official warning from TNT. It said...
"You have received an official warning from the Neopets Team for violating the Neopets Terms and Conditions. Do not discuss political or religious views of any kind on NeoPets. Please read our Terms and Conditions for specifics: http://www.neopets.com/terms. Phtml If you continue to break the rules, your account will be permanently frozen. To see a list of Neo Rules, please visit http://www.neopets.com/chatrules. Phtml. Please do not reply to this NeoMessage."
I did not discuss anything religious with that signature line at all.
Neopets has violated the first amendment rights to freedom of speech and freedom of religion by freezing the account "christianlady1978." I did not try to bring people to Christ, because I knew it was against the rules of the site. But to be banned for just having a religious user name is wrong.
I wish to urge my fellow Christians to realize what Neopets is doing. Delete your Neopets accounts. Boycott Neopets because they are violating your rights.
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