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Possibly but non-religous bigots don't seem to have a much of a problem coming up with non-divine authority.
Religon doesn't help but I think its a mistake to believe that bigoted laws wouldn't exist in much the same way without religon.
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chez, I think the difference is in what we experience on these forums and as commented in the
From Tom Shales comment on the Friends of God film
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Meantime, the Christians we see in this film are unyielding in the rightness of their ideas (i.e., evolution and abortion are wrong, "Jesus is the only way" and America is a Christian nation), and if someone challenges them, they simply say God has told them the truth.
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If religion isn't involved you have a shot at a rational challenge on both the logic and factual content of their claims. When the bigotry is hidden behind religion you merely run into extended version of 'god is in my heart not yours and god said so'.
It seems a meaningful difference to me, but ..??
luckyme
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Of course it is. Bigotry for secular reasons has no protection in public discourse.