Intolerance of sufficient magnitude to necessitate state intervention, to me, is defined in the same Utilitarian terms as anything that would necessitate state intervention. It's not particularly clear cut, and to get an absolute answer you would need perfect knowledge.
Given that all we have are estimations of reality, we must proceed based on those estimations instead. In my case, I was referring more to the exclusivity of the religion itself, which precludes acceptance of alternate ideas, or limits acceptance of alternate ideas.
I wasn't referring to state action regarding that case; more that we as individuals do not have to accept religion and are free to speak against it and attempt to reform or diminish it; the religious cannot tell those who would attempt to push religion away that they should be tolerant of religion in terms of tolerance of religion, or tolerance generally, being an inherent virtue.
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