Tolerance, after all, implies that you have the truth, but will generously indulge another who does not; you will, in an act of tolerance, allow him the right to be wrong. Acceptance, on the other hand, implies that you have a truth but the other person may also have a truth; that you accept his truth and respect it, while expecting him to respect (and accept) your truth in turn.
This is precisely the Hinduism I was taught at home and in school, and I'm glad to see that it's not an anomaly. And this is what I've always told secular American friends about the difference between secularism and acceptance.
