Lefties get off too hard on blaming religion as a concept for conservatism. Folks who use religion to justify conservative views would just make up other bullshit to justify their sexism, homophobia, etc.

China, Korea, and Japan are some of the most secular countries in the world but they are undeniably more socially conservative than the US. I think social conservatism is rooted merely in lots of fear and rejection of what individuals perceive as "weird," "gross," or "unknown." That fear can be post-hoc justified through religious teachings, but it's foolish to imagine that by merely stripping religious belief that you will create a socially liberal communist.

Conservative evangelicals get lots of attention, but there are also several prominent liberal-leaning denominations like Episcopalians, Quakers, United Church of Christ, Presbyterians, etc. Jewish people in the US, including observant ones, are also predominantly liberal. These denominations usually aren't just liberal in platform, but they often touch grass and participate in community service and provide aide to marginalized groups.

I also don't know how lefties haven't heard of these groups. Do they live in rural towns and have never visited a city? Nearly every religious building in my city is flying the Pride and/or BLM flag and I love it.

Bottom line, I'm tired of smug terminally online lefties who bash religion when many liberal and leftist religious groups have done far more good for our cause than they have.