our rights are not a gift from any god---they are agreements we work out with each other, and we still have a lot of work to do.  It's part of the rule of law. 

It's ironic that people claiming to believe in "God" first and foremost have actually stood in the way of many of our rights, like women's suffrage, the end of slavery, even the implementation of labor laws, to name a few.  

If faith in God is to have any validity in human affairs, it's probably not a good idea to treat God like a sock puppet, saying and doing what is politically expedient for the purposes of control over bodies and minds; and it's probably also not good to divide and denounce people based on their sexual preference, gender identity, religion, or lack thereof, or anything else---Better to turn the other cheek, give people your cloak as well, walk two miles with them, follow the golden rule, and leave judgement to the Lord, as your own religion suggests.