Religion
In reply to the discussion: Please note: [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)The administrators of the site, and many who post here, disagree with you.
Bigotry is bigotry. There is much bigotry towards republicans expressed on this site, and that's not a problem. But bigotry towards groups or members because of a difference in religious beliefs or lack of beliefs is a problem and not permitted here.
The fact is that this is a political site that supports democrats and liberal/progressive causes. Many of the people that post here are religious and they are protected from bigotry by the terms of service. Republicans are not.
I have never seen a post that states that criticism of the pope or catholic doctrine is bigotry and would again challenge you to produce such a statement or links to the long threads where people were threatening to leave.
There has been bigotry against both believers and non-believers expressed on this site. Juries often remove these and some members have been banned.
You continuing to say it's a choice doesn't make it so and you have presented no data to back up your theory. There are many believers who would tell you it's not. Atheism is clearly not always a choice either.