Equal opportunities and rights for all, the welfare and education of children, and government without religious interference in decision making have always been my most important issues... couldn’t care less about government budgets, taxes, foreign relations, world politics, etc... leave that to the ‘experts’ in charge ?

Empathy

I've pretty much given up. I only deal with individuals voluntarily.

I chose to be an atheist because I could not accept the teachings I received in catholic school and the friends that I made which were good people but according to my teachings they would go to hell because they were not catholic.