Secularism is categorically not saying that the religious may not speak out publicly or have a say in public life. It is about saying that religion alone should not confer a privileged say in public life, or greater influence on it. It really is as simple as that.
Richard DawkinsAmerican political opportunities are loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.
Richard DawkinsYou can't understand European history at all other than through religion, or English literature either if you can't recognise biblical allusions.
Richard DawkinsI speak as a private citizen and not as a representative of the Executive Branch of the United States government. The impression that people of faith are uniformly opposed to stem-cell research is not documented by surveys. In fact, many people of strong religious conviction think this can be a morally supportable approach.
Richard Dawkins