My answer is yes. Here's why. I don't believe "Christian fundamentalists" or "atheists" or any other religious tradition, are a protected class, and therefore don't deserve such kind or "protection against discrimination".
I think protected classes should be for aspects that aren't voluntary, like a religious tradition is voluntary. Being of a particular racial appearance, or gender, or age... those things aren't voluntary. Discrimination based on such unchangeable, unchosen aspects is unfair, though it happens anyhow. Anti-discrimination laws are a valid effort to ameliorate the damage from such discrimination.
Furthermore, creating a protected class for Christian fundamentalists, or atheists, or FSMers or whatever, goes against my understanding of the establishment clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution.
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