#religious-tolerance

#religious-tolerance

I grew up fervently anti-religion, like Don up there. "The opiate of the masses," and all that other shit. To me, every public Christian was either a shitbag televangelist or, even worse, a politician. My favorite comedian was Sam Kinison, a former preacher who turned on his church. I didn't simply disagree with religious people, I looked down on them, like a Ricky Gervais-type would. I thought this made me more rock-and-roll or whatever.

Mark Allen, 59, faces misdemeanor hate-crime charges for allegedly shoving an elderly man outside a mosque, making anti-Muslim statements before the incident.