The issue in ("Plan B prescription policy for Target's pharmacists violates women's rights," Dec. 1) is not as mentioned one of women's rights but one of religious tolerance.

In America, we rightfully place a high value on being understanding of others religious beliefs. Businesses are expected to respect other faiths, giving devout Muslims the time to pray and allowing Jews to wear yarmulkes even though other employees cannot wear hats. And yet The Daily Collegian, generally a great supporter of religious tolerance, essentially argued that religiously minded pharmacists should be forced to aid others in something they consider akin to killing an unborn child, despite the fact that this runs entirely contrary to their beliefs.

The Collegian went on to argue that if this policy is not altered soon, no one except married couples will have access to any form of contraception. This is plainly absurd. One company's decision to be tolerant of people of different faiths does not violate women's rights and will not plunge us into the depths of some Puritanical Dark Age. Most people are rational, and the fact that I do not even have to go so far as the dining commons, where I have never been asked my marital status, is strong evidence that this is not likely to happen.