Norwegian Muslims volunteer to protect synagogue

[MellowDem]

54. Atheism is simply the lack of belief...

it doesn't "interact" with personalities. What "interacts" with personalities is prejudice and bigotry, and if this was a hate crime, those would be the cause. Atheism says nothing about either. It doesn't condone or criticize bigotry. It's a lack of belief in a very specific claim. That's it.

Would you say support for gay marriage can be the cause for hatred? That seems non-sensical. It's a position on one issue.

Would you say liberalism can be the cause for hatred? That's a much vaguer term, and refers to a certain ideological preference, but even that doesn't make sense based on common definitions of liberalism. I'm sure conservatives would define it in such a way to say yes though. They have done so for support of gay marriage as well. It's a distortion of definitions and positions and even just non-sensical claims in order to pin the blame on something they disagree with.