Is it religious discrimination when you're against all religions?

So I was watching a piece on 20/20 last night about a rather unconventional family unit with two gay mums and two gay dads.

When the lesbian couple wanted children they advertised in gay mag Express, an ad which was answered by a gay man who contributed his genetic material to two lovely healthy boys.

The man and his partner have a very friendly joint custody-type relationship with the boys, leaving the kids in the priviledged position of having two mums and two dads - without the acrimony commonly seen in comparable straight arrangements.

They are happy healthy boys with loving parents and a great support network. They have access to both male and female role models, and get to see adults engaged in healthy relationships - when you get down to the daily nuts and bolts of a relationship, it makes no difference if the partners are same sex or not.

Of course, none of this mattered to the Catholic representative who took the opportunity to repeat the bigotry and hate speech the Church regards as official policy. Why do we put up with it? Why do we let huge, powerful, rich organisations spread discrimination, mistrust and fear within our community? Why don't we put such statements on a par with racism, say? Why is it different just because you invoke a deity?

I'm starting to think I'm going to have to start a "religion" for atheists so we get the same allowances as religious whack-jobs do.