In many ways non-believers are allies in rejecting the nanny state, militant Islam, and statism, but are run off because they don't agree on theism with the majority of conservatives.
Quite a few atheists are libertarian.
My limited experience with them is that they align with liberals because they find the overenthusiastic religiosity of many conservatives even more repellent than they do the statism of liberals.
While I happen to think that’s a pretty stupid reaction, since AFAIK no conservatives have any plans to try to force them to worship, I can understand it.
Occasionally I feel almost the same way. About a year ago I attended a two-day technical class in my line of work. The instructor was engaging and highly knowledgeable.
But he also insisted on embedding his right-wing political views and evangelical beliefs throughout the presentation. While I agreed with most of his actual views, I found his pushing of them in that context offensive. I came to learn about technical issues, not his opinions, whatever they might be.
With you too runner. Just have to keep hour head down a little on this site. My biggest problem is this: why would a supreme master of the universe, creator of all, infallable, etc...need to be worshiped? Why would he require it? Does he become petulant if he doesn’t receive this flattery? It just doesn’t make sense.