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Some of us view religion (within their life) as something that exists regardless of our opinions about ourselves. Meaning that it's just there.
I was an atheist for 20 years until I found myself praying to a God and realized that I do it all the time. I guess I wasn't really an atheist.
Now what I do find in a difference between Conservatives and Liberals is that no matter what their set of beliefs. That each holds a different viewpoint on how those beliefs are to be related to the rest of the world.
Conservatives want to force others to hold their same beliefs. Thus, if a conservative is a Christian -then he will go about insisting that his country is a Christian country and try to sway ALL laws to make harder for non-christians to live among Christians. If a Conservative is one of the religious minorities -then you'll find him completely lock step with his Christian Conservative buddies -but rather quiet when it comes to this particular issue.
Liberals want some middle ground where people of all religions can "get along". They can be rather unrealistic in their approach to this middle ground. Many religions actually require religious intolerance and the Liberal perspective seems rather ignorant of this fact.
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