Thursday, October 30, 2008

Tolerance

Tolerance often seems to be misunderstood as "you have to accept and believe as I do." That is not tolerance. To quote from the Free Online Dictionary (www.thefreedictionary.com), tolerance is:
tol·er·ance
n.
1. The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.

In essence, it is "to agree to disagree."

That being said, I find it rather annoying to hear people complain and claim that certain causes are "intolerant" because they don't agree with someone's point of view.
California Prop 8 is about tolerance.  It is about protecting what marriage is and always has been.  Judging from what has happened in Massachusetts, it will save a lot of taxpayer's money as well.

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