Is tolerating intolerance a college's cross to bear?
By J.R. Labbe
Star-Telegram Staff Writer

Proof that tolerance is becoming intolerable: Students willingly attending a university that was founded at the request of the Anglican church are miffed because there's a cross in the sanctuary of the campus chapel.

The "controversy" at Virginia's College of William & Mary reportedly has been churning since October, when university President Gene Nichol ordered that the cross in the Wren Chapel be stored in the sacristy unless someone specifically asks for it to be displayed during a service.

His reasoning?

The diverse student population includes some who are "put off" -- that's how Washington Post reporter Fredrick Kunkle phrased it -- by the cross.

In a chapel. the rest