For those who have come to Canada from just about any place on the planet other than Western Europe or the United States, you are comfortable with the fact that religious expression and faith are acceptable in public forums. Thus, many new Canadians find the recent decision of our Supreme Court about prayer to be confusing. Many new Canadians don’t understand how official state secularism tends to silence public expressions of faith. After all, India – the motherland of such universal religious traditions as Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism, and adopted homeland of Zoroastrianism – is by definition a secular … Continue reading Secular State Doesn’t Mean Erasing Religion from Public Life