>kelley, who was always very tolerant of religion and often a
>defender of the "religious" but when i moved south i got quite a bit
>less tolerant because people look askance at you for saying "crap"
>around here and it pissesmeoffgodamn son a bitcheffinshithole
One doesn't have to be religious to be polite, however; one doesn't have to be irreligious to be impolite either. When some people look askance at you for your manner of speaking, reasons other than their religion may be at work. In your tolerance of religion, perhaps you might consider this possibility.
Yoshie