Posted by
CRB on Monday, May 19, 2008 3:19:29 PM
Some call it a canard when it is claimed that the Tolerance community actually practices intolerance toward those they disagree with. But examples abound. Take Chris Rodda's recent post on TalkToAction, for instance. He is all bent out of shape that the Boy Scouts might actually receive some money from the federal government.
First, the Boy Scouts of America not a religious organization. It is a private group that has a rather eclectic but mandatory religious requirement. It might even be seen as a bit unitarian as there is a great deal of tolerance for a variety of religious viewpoints within the organization. It is certainly more tolerant of religious viewpoints than many other organizations which receive federal monies. Like Planned Parenthood at roughly $100M annually, with little or no oversight. The Scouts are looking at a single-instance deal.
It's not like there is no discrimination against the Boy Scouts. There are multiple cities and situations where they either have no access to public facilities (which is clearly intolerance and discrimination) or have been removed from charitable roles (as with some local United Way chapters), and they have had to spend time and money in court to fight for the simple liberty promised in the First Amendment (in particular, freedom of association and peacable assembly).
In all of Rodda's writing I'm still waiting for a call against all the examples of liberal religious views being federally funded. Like we can really expect that.
It will be a great day (at least in terms of their being consistent) when those who promote relativism's Tolerance actually begin to practice it without discriminator qualification. I might then be posting (or at least commenting) on TalkToAction. ;-) But I also won't hold my breath.