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"A democracy is basically a governmental structure where laws are passed reflecting the wishes of the people, who may happen to be Christian, but who are also atheists, Buddhists, Muslim, you name it" is a giant non sequitur.
Because obviously if the majority are Xian and decide to pass laws in keeping with their beliefs, it can't be a democracy. After all, that would be majority rule.
Or what you're saying is that it doesn't matter what the majority is, the minority (if it is a minority) that's atheist must have their views respected. So the only real democracy is the tyranny of a minority. No, wait, that means tyranny is democracy.
However, one can respect minorities without oppressing them; this is distinct from offending them or not catering to them. Societies are usually constructed to provide the most convenience to the majority; this does not mean that a religion is crammed down everybody else's throat. When you have 20 people all with mutually exclusive claims on the public space, the majority tends to win, or everybody should lose to the same extent. But that can't happen.
(I say this as a Xian who has never had one bit of government support for any of my beliefs.)
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