Why should atheists have the right to pass laws
It's not about atheists vs the rest, though it's interesting you default to that position, it's about politicians keeping their work seperate from their beliefs, and their beliefs seperate to what they would enforce on others, including members of the dozen other major religions.
Because y'all can't agree on which imaginary spirit person is in charge, maybe none of them should be.
That’s how laws work
It literally isn't. By constitutional mandate.
Maybe we should remove murder from the statue book
Maybe law is, and has always intended to be, entirely seperate from belief. The law is the standard of accepted societal norms, not the bible. Despite hardcore christians flailing, whining, failing efforts to the contrary.
Much of the secular progressiveness you seem to like is simply a bastardised derivative of things that Christian socialists spent decades fighting for
Horseshit.
abolition of slavery
Are you genuinely trying to convince people there is no link with Christianity and what supremacy, historically or currently, on reddit?
I’ve been on both sides of this
No, you haven't, because there aren't sides, and you've never been an elected representative.
the most intolerant and bigoted
You mean the least likely to listen to your bullshit?
extreme poverty and government is driving people back to religio
More horseshit. The number of people listing no religion doubled in 5 years, and continues to rise rapidly.