Atheists; what do you base your morals on?

[Whateverist]

Why should we let every fringe group allocate their portion of tax revenue as they see fit? The only sensible thing to do is provide the non-controversial education which serves the needs of a secular society and let everyone add their own toppings to that.

But the education system is extremely controversial. That is what I think we should do, have basic standards for education and then let people pick their own schools. But I don't see having some choice in the way education is presented as being a topic on the cake, people spend the bulk of their youth in school.

But that doesn't serve the needs of a secular society. This is a dance between providing maximal liberty to the individual while furthering cohesion to the group as a whole. To provide every configuration of individual preference in public schools would not serve the second goal, not to mention being far more expensive.

The founding fathers were most concerned to prevent any one religious group from getting control and suppressing the others. Thus the need for a government which provides everyone the opportunity to worship as they please while favoring none.

If the whole country lived in separate ghettos of baptists and hindus and catholics and atheists and, and, and .. then we could have community schools which served all while allowing them to add all the religion they like in school. But would that be the best thing for the nation as a whole? Isn't that the path to tribalism and division? In order to strengthen the union which provides the protection of all to worship as they wish there is a need to promote respectful interaction and affiliations beyond religion.