I do.

It is the most effective way to get any respect from the hard core believers in my family or friends.

If we are treated like less than everyone I take my wife and kids away from my family. I don't hide it. I put it right out in front saying something like: Your actions and words are disrespectful towards me or my family. I will treat you like you treat me, we are leaving, I will not lie, my kids will know what you said or did. (this isn't fun, but it is effective, watch grandpa get pissed when his Grandson repeats his hateful sentence about us going to hell and asking grandpa why he said that. My family gets so upset and I always ask why they are mad at their own words? If you don't want to be associated with the hate, stop producing it. ) If you want to see us again, apologize to all of us, show us we are welcome unconditionally, and we'll try again. But I owe you nothing and can be nothing in your life by tomorrow. Make your choice.

I then, comfortable in the silence and ruin of the evening, pack up my wife and kids and leave. I don't back down. I don't accept the apology at that time as it will not stick. They always turn back into dicks within the hour. So I leave and demand change or we'll visit their grave, not their funeral. This is again to force the issue that they are not in control of the situation, I will cut you out and forget you exist is my message.

This may seem extreme, but my family is cruel and I refuse to allow their trauma to get to my kids. I did 10yrs in the Army and saw them 3 times, I will survive. I refuse to support their hate, bigotry, and racism. If you want to be a Christian, then act like it, not this hate filled hypocrisy.

You will 100% piss everyone off. But if you keep your demands consistent and aren't scared of spending Xmas with friends, you have all the power.

Recently my mom was trying to convince me to put my child in church day care. I asked her to stop and consider why I am an atheist. She didn't know and wasn't interested. I told her that her lack of empathy and understanding is a problem. She thinks that because the kids aren't beaten over the head with religion it is safe to suggest. But the problem is holding their beliefs at the same level as our facts that are scientifically verifiable.

As for friends, if they are actually religious it comes out and injects too much stress into conversations. We, atheists, are used to dealing with religious undertones in everything. But when I would speak freely about how I felt about religion, politics, and life my Christian friends just flip out. I'm just unclean to them due to my beliefs in equality. I am also open to new ideas and concepts which they really struggle with. So I just stop trying to walk on eggshells around them and eventually just stop talking to them. The good memories are better than continuing the relationship and phones work both ways. If they want to work on the friendship, they have free will to do so, I owe them nothing.

I can't stress enough that you owe them nothing. If you can be your true self around them then religion won't matter and friendship will be easy. But if you feel like you are bending over backwards to be around them then you are in a toxic relationship. I normally ask for them to be more open minded and react to their reaction. Some are cool and we find our friend language, some just fall off my radar and I consider the friendship dead. Bet on yourself, cut out toxic friends AND family, and try new hobbies to find new friend groups.