How so? Separation of church and state is one of my bedrock political philosophies. I have never advocated or supported social conservative positions trying to inject religion into the public sphere here or on shaggy. Separation of church and state is endorsed by Jesus himself and I have seen my ancestral homeland suffer from mullah fascism. Mixing religion and the state taints both and my faith and the faith of others should not impact the public sphere with specific laws catering to misguided social conservative norms. Finally, you do not seem to grasp that laïcité both in France and Turkey was based on strong anticlerical philosophies and both are applicable to all religions - it is just that they attack the dominant religions in each respective country, Catholicism in France and Islam in Turkey. Ataturk is a hero of mine for many reasons, one of which is that he abolished the Caliphate. I celebrate that victory for humanity on every March 3rd with a stiff drink and lots of bacon. Ataturk hated Islam as much as I do.