Me, Catholicism and leaving it all behind.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

For now I will merely say that I had almost the exact inverse progression, although my upbringing wasn't as unthinkingly secular as yours seems to have been Catholic. In some ways it wasn't particular secular or 'humanist' at all, but it certainly wasn't religious. Now my mother is getting religious going into her old age, but she wasn't when my footsteps started.

I enjoyed reading this, afleitch. Thanks for sharing your experience of the world.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Why are so many gays atheists?

Because so many non-atheists don't like gays.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Why are so many gays atheists?

Because so many non-atheists don't like gays.

And the theists who do (i.e. neo-pagans, wiccans, etc.) are too out there for most in the GLBT community to stomach.  So by default, they turn to secular humanism as a respectable alternative.

Aren't Anglicans and Lutherans pretty gay-friendly?

It really depends on the Anglicans and Lutherans, but many are, yeah.