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ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

It depends. 'left" is a lot of things. There are absolutely far leftists who are opposed to the idea of religion at all. gently caress you Atheists and such. There are also leftists who are not opposed to religion but are opposed to parts of specific religions, especially those that harm or hurt others. "Hostile to religion" can mean so many things. I don't think you'll find many leftists who, for example, support 'religious freedom' laws that allow people to discriminate under the guise of following their religion, but that isn't the same as opposing religion entirely.

That said, it's also far to say that the role religion has played in a lot of things, especially in the current right, also means there are a whole lot of bitter leftists who in a vacuum might not oppose religion but are very willing to be angry and loathing of it because of the impact it has had.

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