<p>Before I even read the rest of your response, I will respond to your first paragraph.</p>
<p>I never said that I can’t stand people who believe the Bible is true. I am pretty sure I said I can’t stand people who base their opinion of what the public law should be based on “The Bible tells me so.”</p>
<p>I am intolerant to theocracy and its supporters and ultra-nationalism to the point of plain bigotry and xenophobia (I would call it by the oxymoron of “Secular Theocrats,”.) Just as anyone would be intolerant of Nazis, the KKK, and other disgusting organizations and ideas.</p>
<p>To the accusation of that I am not open-minded. Most of the time, I am open minded. For example, would you sit and argue with someone who is arguing for the legality of public lynching of minorities, or just ignore the idiot? There are some issues and views that are nonnegotiable (different for each person, some are universal), and this applies to all of us. And this is OK as long as it does not lead to prejudicial hypocrisy.</p>
<p>And if you don’t mind if I ask you one more question about Brandeis (I am very sorry we got off to a bad start.). For example, where I live (New Jersey), whenever something happens in the Middle East, the flotilla attack for example, you will see Israel supporters in the street handing out literature. When I say “Sorry, I don’t support Israel.” I either get two responses. One being a very dirty look, and the other being “OK. Cool” (latter comes most often from high school and college students.). How would such a case play out in Brandeis?</p>