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An editorial from The Guardian on French secularism and how their attempt to push religion off the public stage may not be solving problems but creating/inflating them.
http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...dness-to-religion-only-masks-religious-hatred
Given that Quebec is leaning towards a French-style approach to secularism and would like to push the rest of Canada in the same direction, I think this is relevant to us here in Canada.
Should a "secular society" be about burying religion and replacing it with a monocultural secular society that denies religion exists outside the private sphere or about promoting a tolerant multicultural, multifaith society under a secular administration? Does banning overt religious clothing and symbolism promote tolerance or simply hide religious conflict under a veneer of secularism? What is a "secular society" anyhow and do any really exist?
http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...dness-to-religion-only-masks-religious-hatred
Given that Quebec is leaning towards a French-style approach to secularism and would like to push the rest of Canada in the same direction, I think this is relevant to us here in Canada.
Should a "secular society" be about burying religion and replacing it with a monocultural secular society that denies religion exists outside the private sphere or about promoting a tolerant multicultural, multifaith society under a secular administration? Does banning overt religious clothing and symbolism promote tolerance or simply hide religious conflict under a veneer of secularism? What is a "secular society" anyhow and do any really exist?