As long as there are ukes that cry crystal tears and raping semes out there, it's just as bad as everything else.

Thank you. Thank you. *grumble grumble*

And as I am frequently teased for having more shoes--and a constant yearning for more--than any of my straight female friends, I totally understand the whole "not fitting into the dyke box" thing. XD

I doubt I have much of the whole tolerance thing figured out yet--I have so many issues with the particular church I go to, and the ones I've been to in the past, which makes relating to really religious people really hard sometimes--but I think you've got some really good points.