this isnt a an odd position among a small minority of religious people. the general perception is atheists are less trustworthy. probably similar to how all gay people were perceived as perverts in the 50s.
i think thats worthy of pushback. not sure if or how this nation ever gets to acceptabnce of atheists as equals. i doubt that will ever happen. we’ll have a gay black woman before that, as long as she loves the lord.