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"People don't simply wake up one day and commit genocide. They start by setting themselves apart from others, diminishing the stature of those adhering to dissenting beliefs in small, insidious steps. They begin by saying, 'We're the righteous, and we'll tolerate those others.' And as the toleration diminishes over time, the inevitable harms are overlooked. It is for that reason that James Madison wisely wrote that 'it is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties'." - Michael Newdow

This reminds me of something a heard sometime ago, about a man talking about his father. When his father was younger, he studied to become a Jesuit priest. He poured over the Bible, and listened carefully to what Jesus said in there, and came to the conclusion that Jesus was not teaching tolerance, but love. He then left the seminary - and obviously, had kids, otherwise I'd never heard of the story!