(February 25, 2013 at 8:02 pm)Napoléon Wrote:(February 25, 2013 at 7:38 pm)Nobody Wrote: Espousing tolerance for homosexuals, while condemning intolerance for differing opinion, isn't a consistent example of tolerance!
It's not intolerance for differing opinion, it's intolerance of intolerance.
While someone is perfectly entitled to their opinion, they have no right to dictate to others how they live their lives. In such a scenario I think it's perfectly reasonable to speak out against such a bigot.
Morals isn't bigotry.
Unfortunately, what's evolving in American society is intolerance for morality.
Tolerance is only afforded to that what is objectionable. One does not have to tolerate that which they accept. Tolerance is a compromise. It is not esteem. Nor is tolerance equality.
The theoretical abstraction of homosexual marriage is not exempt from these factors surrounding it.
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