Debate: Have Christians Created a Harmful Atmosphere for Gays?
Church-backed efforts to fight L.G.B.T. rights have been blamed for feeding a hateful atmosphere that accommodates attacks on gays.

Claim: Christians have not created a harmful atmosphere for gays
Reason: When religious people say gay people don't deserve equality they aren't valuing gay people as humans or citizens.
Warrant 0: the religious people who make these comments are not Christians
Warrant 1: the religious people who make these comments are Christians
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Christians have not created a harmful atmosphere for gays
Reason: Christians create problems and people make the excuse they don't represent the majority.
Warrant 0: people in Christianity don't make up the majority
Warrant 1: people in Christianity make up the majority
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Christians have not created a harmful atmosphere for gays
Reason: Dreher's antics prove Christians don't want peace with the LGBT community which wants to live under laws of democracy not religious dogma.
Warrant 0: Dreher does not speak for all Christians
Warrant 1: Dreher represents most  Christians
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Christians have created a harmful atmosphere for gays
Reason: Christianity has helped make legislation that protects gays.
Warrant 0: they've also push them away in other cases
Warrant 1: they've also embraced them in other cases
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Christians have not created a harmful atmosphere for gays
Reason: The Bible is not consistent in it's treatment of sex and marriage.
Warrant 0: most christians do not truly believe that they should love everyone as Jesus did even if they are sinners
Warrant 1: most christians believe that they should love everyone as Jesus did even if they are sinners
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Christians have not created a harmful atmosphere for gays
Reason: Christians feel homosexuality is immoral.
Warrant 0: this is a personal belief that does not sway the law or change what homosexual people are allowed to do
Warrant 1: this is a personal belief that can sway the law or change what homosexual people are allowed to do
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Christians have not created a harmful atmosphere for gays
Reason: Well known leaders of the Christian community have been very outspoke and vile about members of the LGBT community.
Warrant 0: these are leaders
Warrant 1: these are just a few people, not everyone has to like everyone else, that is life, get over it
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Christians have not created a harmful atmosphere for gays
Reason: A small group choose to interpret the Old Testament in its literal word that drive a harmful message.
Warrant 0: the voice of the majority of Christians is harmful
Warrant 1: the voice of the majority of Christians is not harmful
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Christians have not created a harmful atmosphere for gays
Reason: Defining marriage as between a man and woman is mean and cruel to those who may be of the same sex and love each other.
Warrant 0: only Christians have tried to define it as such
Warrant 1: only certain sects have tried to define it as such
Correct warrant: 1