Reply #74: I'm divided on this [View All]

[NewJerseyDem]

I certainly would oppose a move to do this in the United States. But, the United States is different from France. While the USA has been built from people of different religions from different places coming to live together, France is built on how unified the country has been in religion, language and culture. While there must be religious toleration, it is reasonable for France to believe that any advertisement of religious division is dangerous for the country's unity. Also, this is going on in school where it isn't the best place to debate religion, at least in the lower grades.

In general, I think that the situation is different in France, but the French have to be careful that they don't go too far with their "secularism" and begin to really crackdown on individual liberty.