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however, demonstrates that non-believers will go much further than the
faithful in their expressed desire to stifle all dissent.. . .

In the bitter debate about teaching our children about
the origins of life on earth, religious activists make no attempt to block
the teaching of Darwinism or random natural selection ...

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(snip)...religious activists make no attempt to block
the teaching of Darwinism or random natural selection, but it's
pro-evolution fanatics who fanatically resist any messages or questions
that even hint at Intelligent Design.
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When secularists complain about the influence and agenda of religious
conservatives they most often focus on the alleged "intolerance" of the
Christian right. A recent interview with pop music legend Elton John,
however, demonstrates that non-believers will go much further than the
faithful in their expressed desire to stifle all dissent.. . .

. . . The controversies about public display of religious symbols nearly all
center on secular demonstrations of militancy and narrow-mindedness,
involving attempts to remove or suppress expressions of faith (like crosses
in parks, or Ten Commandments displays in public buildings,

or the
words "under God" in the pledge) that have existed innocuously for decades.

Very few of these disputes involve efforts by the faithful to impose new
symbols in prominent places, or to "ram their faith down the throats" of
the unwilling public at large.

It's the secular left that's consistently
intolerant of American society as it's existed for years, not religious
conservatives who express unwillingness to allow public disagreement with
their convictions.

In the bitter debate about teaching our children about
the origins of life on earth, religious activists make no attempt to block
the teaching of Darwinism or random natural selection,

but it's
pro-evolution fanatics who fanatically resist any messages or questions
that even hint at Intelligent Design.

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http://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2006/11/15/the_tolerant_sir_elton_wants_to_ban_religion
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J. Spaceman

From the article:
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When secularists complain about the influence and agenda of religious
conservatives they most often focus on the alleged "intolerance" of the
Christian right. A recent interview with pop music legend Elton John,
however, demonstrates that non-believers will go much further than the
faithful in their expressed desire to stifle all dissent.. . .

From the article:
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When secularists complain about the influence and agenda of religious
conservatives they most often focus on the alleged "intolerance" of the
Christian right. A recent interview with pop music legend Elton John,
however, demonstrates that non-believers will go much further than the
faithful in their expressed desire to stifle all dissent.. . .

From the article:
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When secularists complain about the influence and agenda of religious
conservatives they most often focus on the alleged "intolerance" of the
Christian right. A recent interview with pop music legend Elton John,
however, demonstrates that non-believers will go much further than the
faithful in their expressed desire to stifle all dissent.. . .