We, in secular countries, have both the right to practise any religion we like and the right/freedom not to practise religion. America is not a Christian country; it's a secular country with a Christian majority.
Religious majorities should not be given precedence over any other minorities - but this is what Christian coalitions lobby for.
In some Muslim states (i.e. run by Muslim clerics with the Qur'an as the foundation of their 'democracies'), that freedom isn't afforded.
No single theist can be persecuted in a secular country: if a person of any religious stripe is harassed or attacked in America or any European country, the instigator(s) of such actions will be punished for both assault (or whatever the physical nature of the crime is) and for inciting religious hatred.
No single theist can be persecuted in a secular country: if a person of any religious stripe is harassed or attacked in America or any European country, the instigator(s) of such actions will be punished for both assault (or whatever the physical nature of the crime is) and for inciting religious hatred.
But what if the victim is an atheist? If an atheist is attacked because of their beliefs, the instigator of the attack can be charged only with the physical nature of the crime and not motives arising through religious bigotry/hate. Isn't that great?
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