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Is Tolerance Tolerable?

 

I was raised in a religion where we were simultaneously taught to respect and tolerate other religions but that ours was the one right and true. Since becoming a non-believer and reading atheist publications, I’ve encountered everything from advocating deference toward all religions to emphatically ridiculing them. I also see people pitching battles over things like nativity scenes on public property, prayers at football games, and atheist billboards, with believers and non-believers calling each other everything from annoying pests to violators of religious freedom. I’m feeling thoroughly confused and wondering what the ethical, humanist view is.

 

St. Petersburg, Fla. Power Trio Join Forces And Bring Their Expertise To Millennia2015

 

Attorney Marcia S. Cohen, Toni Van Pelt and Hon. Irene Sullivan unite to make a difference for women worldwide.

St. Petersburg, Fla. – February 28, 2013 - Well known and respected St. Petersburg area residents, Attorney Marcia S. Cohen, Toni Van Pelt, Public Affairs Director of the Institute for Science and Human Values, and Hon. Irene Sullivan have joined Milllenia2015, an international organization focused on studying global challenges for women in the 21st century. The trio supports Millenia2015 in its goal to formulate an action plan to meet the changing challenges that will continue to affect women around the globe.

 

Atheists address sexism issues

By Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service

Updated 9/15/2011 2:44 PM

(RNS) Rebecca Watson meant it as a funny story, almost an aside. In a video blog, the popular skeptic blogger recalled a man following her into an empty elevator and inviting her up to his room after she spoke about feminism at a European atheist conference last June. "Guys," she said with a bit of a laugh, "don't do that."

 

Hers and other atheist/skeptic blogs were soon flooded with comments. Many women told of receiving unwanted sexual advances at freethinker gatherings. Some men, meanwhile, ridiculed Watson as overly sensitive or worse — or threatened her with rape, mutilation and murder.