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Honestly, this is a complex question that isn't easy to answer: forgive the train of thought below, I'll try to summarize at the end if you'd rather not read all of it. There are people on the left who are hostile to religion, but as a whole, no. The left is fine with whatever faith (or lack thereof) you choose to follow, but what they generally have a problem with is when a faith interferes with basic human rights or contradicts equality. Notable example: legal rights for homosexuals. Religion is the driving force of persecution behind the anti-gay sentiment that has pervaded the world for a long, long while. The left side of politics argue that religious basis for persecution interferes with basic human rights and does contradict equality for all, and so all over the world laws are being passed that assure them the same rights that heterosexuals have been enjoying this whole time (rights to be recognized as married, anti-discrimination laws, and so on). Now, there are those who still feel that being a homosexual is a sin, and while I cannot personally agree with that, it is their religion, it is their faith and it is wrong to persecute against it. Faith, however, is a personal choice one makes and is rarely consistent among its adherents: basically, the left policy is "be whatever religion you wanna be, but keep it yourself and don't be a dick about it." Any hostility you may have been exposed to is likely the result of people being dicks about religion and the responses therein. There is also the distinct chance that more right (I.E. conservative) sources have focused only on leftist responses to religious issues rather than what, exactly, they are upset about. With all this in mind, there are also many people who identify towards the right that have a similar or identical mindset of "be whatever religion you wanna be, but keep it to yourself and don't be a dick." There are also those on the left who push for social reform but only as it benefits themselves. There are also issues of what, specifically, a religion does that people find opposition towards. In the US, the left is generally intolerant of the Westborough Baptist Church, while the right is generally intolerant of Islam. The left and right both generally view Satanism and Scientology as hostile, and both sides generally have favorable opinions of Catholicism. In this respect, it's easier to ask "which religion?" when presented with the question of "is _____ intolerant or hostile towards religion?" Faith and religion are so mutable and so varied even within the same church that it is impossible to say with perfect accuracy how any of them will respond to most complex social issues, and boy there are a lot of them that we should be aware of: racial equality, gender equality, social equality, reproductive rights, religious tolerance and a whole slew of others. Religions were largely the product of the times that created them, and very, very few grow with the world that they inhabit. Some concessions have been made, but by and large the world of religion has been stagnant and intolerant of change. The attitude of "if my book doesn't say it's good, then it's wrong" is present in every faith that I am aware of, though some do try to make amends. From a political perspective, it is much, much easier to cut religion out of the whole equation and focus on the commonality that we all share, which is that we are all human and we all deserve to be treated fairly, justly and equally. The conservative right in the US (who are mostly deeply religious) see this as an exclusion of their faith rather than an inclusion of the disenfranchised, which is what the liberal left argues it is. That was a lot of words, so for the TL;DR summary: people on both sides of politics hate certain faiths or aspects of certain religions, and they are very loud to speak out about it. Don't use faith to justify hatred, bigotry or intolerance and you'll do just fine in any circle. If you rely on faith to support a view that directly harms another person based on anything other than the content of their character, then you should stop doing that. If you see people doing this, then they are not the kind of people you need to listen to. Don't hate people for having faith that enriches their lives. Don't hate people that do not feel a need to have religion as part of their lives. All this is true no matter where you fall on the political spectrum, and both sides have guilty parties.
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