Without God, our “rights” would be dictated by the Cuomos of the world. This is what the Left really wants - ignoring God, allowing the man-made political process to determine our rights, and the subsequent dissolution of all rights. Then they can create hell on earth.
You are exactly right. The left wants to pretend that “rights” are granted by the state. They also like the principle that rights are “collective rights” and not granted to the individual. The purpose and intent is all part and parcel of denying the existence of God and that He has given all men their immortal souls. If you deny the existence of God, that men have souls, and claim rights can be granted (and revoked) by the state, then what are we?
We are nothing but pieces of meat, to be disposed of as the state sees fit. And that is what the left wants.