The Intolerant Secularists

The Catholic church, which runs adoption agencies who place special needs children as a priority, have been targeted by a Massachusetts law mandating adoptions to same-sex couples, forcing them to totally shut down, and have been the recipient of intolerant remarks by San Francisco officials. The church is not opposed to other organisations' placing children with same-sex couples, but church teaching precludes it for Catholic organizations. My earlier post here.

The Catholic church also has been unfairly characterized as anti-gay. Tolerance is a two-way street. A religion or a person can have respect for other religions or lifestyles but can not be expected to embrace them themselves. Paul, Thoughts of a Regular Guy, has posted the entire statement by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, which includes this excerpt:

The church should not suffer intolerance or discrimination because of its religious beliefs. Moreover, the church is not anti-gay. It teaches respect for the dignity of every human being, and love for all our brothers and sisters.

What would be the point of a religion which did not believe in anything? And how should we view secularists on the left who are intolerant of other views?