Intolerant of Intolerance

March 16th, 2007 by Senior Editor: Jeff

A group devoted to social tolerance has been accused of being intolerant.

While trying to eject 71-year-old Barbara Marques from the monthly gathering Monday, the Rev. Garnet McClure grabbed and shook the chair in which Marques was sitting, attendee Sharon Giottonini said.

McClure, a female pastor at Fremont Congregational Church, reacted after Marques said the 2002 slaying of transgender teen Gwen Araujo might not be a hate crime, several witnesses said.

A scuffle ensued and McClure continued to pull on Marques’ chair, said Giottonini, a member of the alliance and the East Bay Coalition for Border Security, a Fremont anti-illegal-immigration group.

As I, your humble editor, have pointed out before, so-called “tolerance” is only awarded to those whose “open mindedness” results in the same opinion.



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