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Need from from religion, not of religion.
People don't get that freedom from religion means that me, as an atheist, am protected from forced participation in your religious activities. That you are not allowed to use the government to compel or punish me for not participating, but that you can still participate in your religious activities.
Anyone downvoting that concept in disagreement is saying that they want to force their neighbors to be under the rule of religion.
Freedom from religion does not mean that you don't get to practice. It's that you don't get to force me to live under religious rules.
I am saying we should force people not to believe in magic skymen. I am saying that we should not allow the practice of religious activity. Such activity is harmful and has no place in our world. It's hate speech and should be stopped.
I'm not sure you'll have too many people on that side. For one it's definitely not hate speech, especially if you consider other religions. Someone meditating practicing some random eastern religion/spirituaity isn't hurting anyone and isn't trying to convert people. They aren't spewing any form of hatred. I'm behind putting pressure on hate speech for sure, but to say all religious activity is hateful isn't really accurate.
People should have the personal freedom to practice their religion in "private," but as the saying goes "the freedom to swing your fist around ends at my face." (Something like that lol) so once your religion demands that I change and compels you to force me, that's when the religion is dangerous and should be stopped.