[notfarnow]

Jim, that's an even-keeled perspective a lot of us forget about. I think most Christians are tolerant, accepting people... they just don't get as much airtime.

My next door neighbor is clean livin' Baptist. No booze, no swearing... but very tolerant and an all around fantastic guy. I used to hide beer bottles etc when he came over, he saw me doing it once and laughed. He has pretty "hardline" views on homosexuality, marriage and many other things, but he is able to discuss them without foaming at the mouth. He's actually made me a lot more tolerant of his perspective.