Point well taken. Not my intent to drive it off in the weeds like that. We are a minority, but non-religious.

My larger point about responsibility to minorities, even religious minorities, I won't belabor. The level of discourse on A.com is impressive. Our compatriots >get it<.

Non-belief is not a religion.

Everybody has a duty to protect anybody. Period.

We aren't a religious minority, but a minority. We should protect all minorities, not just religious.

In what way do you mean we should protect them?

I agree. Defending freedom of religion is critically important for non-theists because without it, we get thrown under the bus with all the other religious minorities.

Atheism is, in no way, a religion.

I have issue with the notion that non believers are themselves a religious minority. They are a social minority, that is a low percentage (but a fast growing one) of the population, but they are not religious.
Religious
adjective

1. relating to or believing in a religion.--does not suit the non believer
   noun

2. a person bound by monastic vows or beliefs--does not fit the non believer either

Not belonging to a religion does not make me a member of a religious minority, it makes me non religious.

As far as protecting religious (or any other minority group), that is a matter of ethics and I would think dependent on the religon itself. The Thugees were a religious Minority worshipping Kali in India by strangling people in the night, did they deserve protection?

I think such a thing needs a case by case evaluation, but in no wise does it make the non believer a member of a religious minority, and I do not think we should readily accept such a label from the Majority believing population, that is the Believers painting their religious worldview onto us without consent.

I feel it is the duty of everyone to protect ALL minorities. A-theists are a non-religious minority. (IMHO)

Not believing in religion does not make you a religious minority. Just saying.

The White Rose conspirators we all executed. This from the National Holocaust Memorial.