My point is that many religions promote a lot of hate, either directly or indirectly. I’m not claiming that Christianity is guilty of this while Islam is not.

Ric isn’t spewing hate, I never said that. But his religion promotes it in some ways.

And I know you weren’t talking about hate crimes, but my contention is that religion’s attitude towards homosexuality often helps contribute to those hate crimes.

I don’t care what you do personally, you just often have a “who cares?” attitude that bothers me because I think we should all care about basic decency. Obviously we disagree on what basic decency is (not a shot at you, most everyone disagrees about this on some level). It’s just that you’re “who cares” attitude seems to show up almost any time we’re talking about a disadvantaged group other than your own.