I am not an atheist myself, I just want religious people to leave me alone. I can't walk across campus or go down the street without seeing some religious nutjob preaching at me. I don't go to their church and scream at them, I leave them alone. I just wish they do the same.
Also there needs to be a separation of church and state. A government needs to be completely secular for it to be fair to all people it governs.I don't want to see "In God We Trust" on my currency, I don't want to hear "Under God" in my pledge, and so forth and so on.
I am not saying that religion doesn't serve a purpose. I am saying religion has its place and as long as it stays away from me I am willing to stay away from it and its followers. I don't want to be governed by religion nor do I want it to be eliminated. I want it, the gods that be, and their followers to leave me alone.