In response the MLK holiday, The Daily Beast website recently ranked the most tolerant states based upon different factors such as hate crimes, discrimination complaints and gay rights laws.
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Most of the list was not much of a surprise, but listing Wisconsin as the most tolerant state was strange, considering that they have an anti-gay marriage amendment on their books. The rest of the numbers make up for that fact, though.
I urge you to look at the entire list for details, but here is the Top 10 for most tolerant:
1, Wisconsin
2, Maryland
3, Illinois
4, Pennsylvania
5, Hawaii
6, California
7, Minnesota
8, New Jersey
9, New Hampshire
10, New Mexico
and least tolerant:
40, Alabama
41, Kentucky
42, North Dakota
43, Arizona
44, Utah
45, Idaho
46, Ohio
47, Nebraska
48, Kansas
49, Arkansas
50, Wyoming