The Trojan Horse of Tolerance

In ancient Greek legend, the city of Troy withstood for ten years a siege by the Greek soldiers who were attempting to rescue Helen who had been abducted by a prince of Troy. Odysseus, a Greek hero immortalized by the blind poet Homer, is credited with the idea of taking the city of Troy by leaving on the city's shores outside the city gates, a large wooden horse as a gift, while the Greek ships feign retreat and sail away from Troy. Inside, Greek soldiers waited until the wooden horse was taken into the heart of the city by the unsuspecting Trojans. The city of Troy was annihilated.

Tolerance of others is a virtue and is something good and positive, but tolerance has been used as a Trojan horse to smuggle in attitudes that lead to a loss of shame and a loss of sensitivity. This is done everyday, in the heart of the culture, among young minds in the public school system, as the virtue of tolerance is exalted over and above patriotism, individual freedom, and religious liberty, as practices formerly regarded as shameful are given the unusual status of civil rights, and shameful practices are taught and encouraged among the youth, all in the name of tolerance. Soon, the Pledge of Allegiance is to be replaced by The Pledge of Tolerance. Shame and sensitivity are ambushed, innocence is annihilated and sexual perversion is eventually legitimized in society.