Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
A Labour voter being upset over their child marrying a Tory or UKIP or BNP or similar sounds totally rational to me.

Support for a political party - for their policies, values and culture - is very different from supporting a different football club. When you see hatred or harm to others endorsed by someone your child plans to spend their life with, then a bit of upset is justified!

Not intolerance, just concern for your child and your society.
Thank god most people are more open minded than you are.

For reference:

bigot
/ˈbɪɡət/
noun
a person who is obstinately or unreasonably attached to a belief, opinion, or faction, especially one who is prejudiced against or antagonistic towards a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.