You're right, WesternPatriot, in your first statement.  But..."Religion has no place in a secular democracy."??

Well, of COURSE it does!

Now, like you perhaps, I'm not religious.  In fact, I'm probably an atheist.  Agnostic.  A "non-believer."  So I like living in what you call a "secular democracy", with its division of church and state.  However, it IS a democracy, and comfort is where you find it (be it liquor, needlepoint, listening to old r&r, watching football or--quite soon--lighting up a joint) or attending the church-of-your-choice to say thanks to some version of god--small "g" for me.

How about you?