This election threatens to reduce the level of civility in this country to near barbarism.  I, personally, think it's because there aren't really two distinct sides in the race, just two versions of the same thing - liberal and liberal light.  It's about power, not ideas and that makes for a lot of ugliness.  Some of the self-proclaimed "tolerant" have been guilty of some of the worst excesses.

We are a nation of many beliefs and values, but there is room for all so long as there is tolerance as well. By tolerance, I do not mean that we must embrace and encourage all beliefs without question. One may believe that homosexuality is a sin and still fight for another's right to be gay if they want to be. You may believe that as a Christian I am an infidel and that is okay so long as you don't hinder my right to be an infidel. We can argue and we can debate these issues all day long, but in the end, we each have the right to have our beliefs respected.

Shouting each other down in the public forum does no good to either of our causes. I'll go to my revivals and rallies and celebrate my beliefs. You go to yours. I won't throw rocks at you. You don't throw them at me. That's how we do it in America, okay?

Just one man's opinion.....

Tom King