Read more tolerance stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8317/tolerance.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:45:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40414/powells-anti-islamophobia-stance-tops-endorsement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagColin Powell's Barack Obama endorsement wasn’t the only, or even most, notable aspect of his Meet the Press appearance: equally crucial was his rejection of Islamophobia, an issue too long skirted in this country, Abed Z. Bhuyan writes in the Washington Post / Newsweek Faithbook blog. In doing so, “Colin...http://www.newser.com/story/40414/powells-anti-islamophobia-stance-tops-endorsement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Oct 2008 13:48:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34362/obamas-accepting-outlook-forged-in-diverse-hawaii.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama spent his formative years in Hawaii and islanders say the unique and diverse nature of the 50th state helped shape the candidate's outlook on life, the AP reports. Obama's racial identity was forged in the state where everybody belongs to a minority group, and the accomodating nature of...http://www.newser.com/story/34362/obamas-accepting-outlook-forged-in-diverse-hawaii.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 Aug 2008 12:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26363/peggy-noonan-for-one-is-not-offended.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeggy Noonan wonders if there's something wrong with her for not being upset over Jeremiah Wright’s extremist sermons. No, she decides in the Wall Street Journal , she just doesn’t “think his views carry deep implications for our country”—and indeed understands the bitterness, drawing on the experiences of a young...http://www.newser.com/story/26363/peggy-noonan-for-one-is-not-offended.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 May 2008 18:11:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/10343/oreilly-frets-over-outing-of-wizard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPerhaps worried that JK Rowling has opened the closet too widely, Bill O'Reilly has made Albus Dumbledore's outing a frequent topic this week, bemoaning the promotion of “parity for homosexuals with heterosexuals.” Calling the Harry Potter author a “provocateur,” the Fox anchor says adults are worried about the “indoctrination of...http://www.newser.com/story/10343/oreilly-frets-over-outing-of-wizard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Oct 2007 19:58:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5490/german-leaders-reject-scientology-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGerman leaders say they won't press for a ban on Scientology—not because they're against it, but because they don't think it would succeed. The German government officially considers the organization a cult, Der Spiegel reports, but politicians from both major parties say that they probably don't have enough evidence...http://www.newser.com/story/5490/german-leaders-reject-scientology-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Aug 2007 13:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5410/editors-murder-shows-failure-of-tolerance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe notoriously irreligious Christopher Hitchens decries the Oakland police's tolerance of Your Black Muslim Bakery, one of whose employees has been arrested for the murder of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey. In an op-ed for Slate Hitchens writes that the bakery is in fact a front for jihadism and that...http://www.newser.com/story/5410/editors-murder-shows-failure-of-tolerance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Aug 2007 14:47:57 CDT