I also do not understand why I should be expected to tolerate Islam when it stands against many things I'm for You're expected to tolerate it for the same reas

I also do not understand why I should be expected to tolerate Islam when it stands against many things I'm for You're expected to tolerate it for the same reason they are expected to tolerate your beliefs. (Or those of Christian dominionists, for that matter.) Separation of Church and State is one of the best ideas to have come out of the US constitution, bar none, and if you don't see how it benefits you, you haven't lived in a nation that doesn't have it. (Trust me on this: I'm British and I can't go out of my front door without witnessing the long-term effects of a State religion around me -- a toothless, decrepit thing that is rapidly fading away, but a state religion nonetheless, with all the legacy of privilege that implies.)