Religious Tolerance

[Fidel_Castronaut]

I respect peoples right to believe and practice their religion so long as:

1. It doesn't infringe on the law
2. It doesn't infringe on my personal space or my right not to believe in their given god(s) (if someone asked if I'd heard the good news and I said not interested, with them saying ok no worries, that's fine. Start speaking at me instead of to me though and that's crossing the line).
3. It doesn't attempt to gain special privileges from government (tax exemptions) or exemptions from ratified legislation (eg. Exemptions on slaughter practices for halal and kosher meat).

I'd like to add one point to this:

That it doesn't try to harm another person.

For years religion was used to justify slavery, segregation, and lynching of gay people. It's still used to justify making women a second class citizen. And that's not acceptable.

I'd argue that (now) that's incorporated into point 1 and certainly point 2. 'My personal space' I would posit refers to the person's health, be it physically or mentally. But I take your point.