One of the biggest con jobs ever foisted upon us is the notion that
secularism is neutral and therefore a secular public square is a fair
public square.

In fact, a secular public square operates by
wiping itself clean of virtually all traces of religion. This is
predicated for the most part on the less-than-neutral view that religion
is inherently irrational and divisive.

In fact, a fair public
square allows a religious viewpoint the same opportunity as any other
viewpoint to have its say and to try and influence public opinion.

Driving
religion from the public square doesn’t produce a neutral public
square, it produces a public square that is hostile to expressions of
religion.

Prompted by the debate in the US over President Obama’s
plan to force religious organisations to put their employees in
insurance plans that give those employees free abortifacients,
contraception and sterilisation, scholar Hunter Baker also exposes the
myth of secular neutrality in this very pithy blog.