Nicholas Kristof — no fan of Relgious Right politics — offers a worthwhile op-ed on the need for tolerance and respect to go both ways.
I’ve argued often that gay marriage should be legal and that conservative Christians should show a tad more divine love for homosexuals.
But there’s a corollary. If liberals demand that the Christian right show more tolerance for gays and lesbians, then liberals need to be more respectful of conservative Christians.
One of the most ferocious divides today is that between evangelical and secular America. Some conservative Christians are all too quick to sentence outsiders to hell. And liberals denounce stereotypes of Muslims but not of “Christian nuts.”
Worth reading, even if (or particularly if) you find the actions of some Christian right blowhards and hypocrites to be justifiable brushes with which to tar an entire, broad religious movement.
(via Blinne)