It seems to me like everyone is opting out of talking to people across the political aisle. It's become so dire that we see articles teaching people how to deal with "that one uncle" at family gatherings [1].
[1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+to+talk+to+that+uncle+at+Chris...
I mean I can take your average left/right winger rambling on, but depending on how far and away it goes it's really a no for me.
I have friends from across the political spectrum, and one of my primary concerns of the modern time is how many of them have incredibly inaccurate strawman conceptions of what 'the other side' is like. The only solution I know of is to actually talk in person.
"Yeah but atheist" was expected and my first thought was U-U, and, bam, there it is.
My work is done here. Time for another Manhattan.
(BTW, I suspect urban Methodists (of which I am one) will also be cool, and will discourage the lunatics a bit more.)
I've imagined it's a non/cross religious service for any religious/spiritual people, but I honestly have no idea.
show up, prepare some coffee/light snacks, as soon as a critical mass of folks have arrived, sing a short welcoming hymn,
brief discussion of happenings since the last meeting (ie, which scholarship got the most votes to support last time, so that's the one we'll fund, etc),
main service, usually someone giving a talk about some aspect of what they've done (ie, my father was a diplomat focused on human rights, he would talk about a few select issues, and how things did or did not work out)
discussion following the presentation, with a focus on the morality aspects (it is a church meeting, after all)
passing of the hat to fund stuff like scholarships & pay the minimal expenses that come with meetings
closing hymn, everyone says goodbye with a smile.
So it's a lot like a nominal Christian service you'd find in a lot of churches across the US, with the difference being that the actual God part of the discussion is greatly minimized, and the social aspect emphasized. I genuinely enjoy going.
With all due respect, the main focus of a Christian worship service is "the actual God part", so removing the content creates an entirely different thing altogether.
It's also worth noting that the Christian content... actual belief in the teachings of the Bible, does reinforce certain aspects of church that might be essential to long-term (millennia) health of that form of spiritualism. Perhaps some of: mandatory evangelism, canonized moral codes, commandments to humility, recognition that humanity is ultimately flawed, belief in perfect justice in eternity (reduces the need to enforce certain norms), and the list goes on.
99.x% of Christian services are morality instructions, which one is free to ponder regardless of any particular belief one might hold.
The why of it in a traditional Christian service is 'God'. That's where many Unitarians (and myself) veer from older religious institutions. But I'm still happy to talk about morality with a regular Christian, in the the same way I'll talk about it with anyone else who has an interest in such things.