the idea of banning religion is painfully tyrannical, like how could you do that without instituting a thought police or a state sanctioned belief system...
however, in reality, they most toxic part of religion of organised religions, when they are big institutions fighting for political power rather than maintaining their beliefs and communities.
possible solution: progressive tax on religious institutions based on their size, a small community of 50 to 100? tax free, you have 1000s of congregants? start rising, megachurches with 1000 thousand people? 95% tax...
coming out as having a serious addiction problem gives him a chance to ask for a "clean slate" make a bs appology tour, then start again. every reason he's hated he can go by "that was the old me, I changed,".
if course, he has to at least pretend to change (IE, hire a PR team)
when RDJ does blackface for a whole movie it's fine, I wear a salmon and get cancelled, doesn't seem fair