Here’s some more religious tolerance from South Carolina :

Several City Council members have walked out of a meeting to protest an atheist giving the invocation. Some of the half-dozen or so Charleston City Council members who left Tuesday said their religious beliefs compelled them to leave.

I must have missed the part of the Bible where Jesus told his followers to be judgmental assholes. I could have sworn Jesus spent most of his time making the exact opposite point. So what was the the athiest’s invocation that offended everybody?

What divides us is not so much our religious differences in this diverse country but the degree of commitment we have to equal freedom of conscience for all people. We are gathered today, both religious and secular members of our community, with the shared belief that we must treat our fellow human beings with respect and dignity.