Religion's Effects

Considering your question Namra, I think Durkhiem would say those who are not religious and therefore do not share the collective consciousness will be people on the fringes who don't belong to society. However, we can argue that this is from his time period where religion was a key regulator of society. In modern day the impact of religion is less than before and we can say that non-religous people form their own collective consciousness that determine how they think, act and go about their lives; in this way they would still fit into Durkheim.

Can anyone think of other forms of collective consciousness that have "deviated from the norm" to form their own set of ideals? One I can think about is the LGBT community.