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Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
I think he's referring to the fact that many of the descendants of these "refugees from religious persecution" have become intolerant themselves and are just barely restrained from imposing their religious views on others by that inconvenient document called the Constitution.
Actually, Baron, I find that those who reject religion are at least as intollerant of those who have religious beliefs than the other way around, network television to the contrary. That is not to say that there aren't those who try to force their views on others, only that the majority do not. Conversely, there are those who would eliminate my rights to even say what I believe, when I want to. They also run into that "inconvenient document called the Constitution."
That is part of what makes this country great. Neither extreme is able to muzzle the other, leaving the country in a fairly stable middle ground.