Christians reject tolerance

RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE IS BOOED LOUDLY - TOPFRED GRIMM, Miami Herald, 7/13/06
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Willie Lawson invoked the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. The NAACP leader spoke of America's founding principles, the need for tolerance, the evil of discrimination.He was booed loudly. Disapproval fairly cascaded through the audience at Pompano Beach City Hall. It was a reception a civil rights leader hasn't endured in these parts since North Broward was a sprawling tomato patch ruled by racist rednecks.In the modern version played out Tuesday night, the bigots were black.They held signs and marched outside City Hall to protest city zoning approval of a mosque in northwest Pompano Beach.When the City Commission met an hour later, the dissidents' leader, the Rev. O'Neal Dozier of the Worldwide Christian Church, went to the podium and denigrated Islam, a "cult" he called it, and reduced all its practitioners to stark, one-dimensional bomb-wielding American-hating stereotypes.Dozier accused "Moooslims" (stretching out that first syllable for mocking emphasis) of picking a Christian neighborhood where they could convert young black men to Islam. "We don't need young black men to become more angry, to hate white men. We don't need any more violence."Dozier's words brought shouts of "Amen!" from the audience. His three-minute diatribe brought applause and then a standing ovation.When Lawson, president of the North Broward NAACP, rose to call for religious tolerance, it became an act of courage