Religious Extremists Again Attempt To Nullify LGBT Civil Rights Laws

Last Monday's Los Angeles Times had a Page One (below the fold) article entitled "Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies" which detailed the Christian Right's ongoing effort to extricate themselves from the growing national consensus that tolerance towards all individuals is a desired goal. This story was juxtaposed with media reports of the imminent demise of the 1980's bogeyman the Christian Coalition, to the undisguised glee of several bloggers (yours truly included).

Terrance over at Republic of T has a fantastic post on this issue called "Tolerance of Intolerance." Pam Spaulding at The Blend has also blogged on the hypocrisy of religious people fighting political and legal battles for the right to be intolerant of others.

One of my local public radio stations KPCC 89.3 FM had a debate on this issue with Jenny Pizer of Lambda Legal and John Eastman of Chapman University Law School. Ms. Pizer basically crystallized the central issue brilliantly by saying "It is not persecution when you are not allowed to say that another group is bad." Word!