ok that is an interesting argument. I generally folow the principles that my mum thought me ages ago about not discussing " religion, money,politics" with other people, I think , for once, will throw in my personal ideas in there- sorry mum-:

If one calls oneself tolerant, this should include by definition, tolerance to all that doesnt share the same beliefs as you do. So by the same definition, you can not "marginalise" people who will believe in any religion (official/inofficial/middle-east based/far east based/single deity/multi deity). So if you expect these people to respect the rights of the woman, gays etc; you cant set an example by marginalising their beliefs..

No misunderstandings here; I am not promoting the application of "organised" religion as it is seen today in the eastern or the western world. I am just trying to say that, it is a very "sentsitive" and "personal" subject, so requires a bit caution when once makes any comments about it. .