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Etymology

Is laicite derived from laa - ik in Arabic?

From the Greek laikos (the people). The English lay is surely related.

PACS

Christine Boutin, who openly argued on religious grounds against homosexual domestic partnerships (PACS)

This sentence is wrong: the PACS is not only for homosexuals, but also for heterosexuals. This should be made clear. 81.57.225.31 10:38, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The sentence is right. She argued on religious grounds against homosexual relationships and their acknowledgement in the gender-neutral PACS. David.Monniaux 12:35, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

picture

is a good thing. Deal with it however you may please.

Broadcasting of religious sermons on public TV

The cited sentence is factually wrong :

"The simultaneous broadcasting of the traditional Protestant and Catholic Lent sermons (operating since 1946) has been interrupted. Earlier the broadcasting of the Russian Orthodox Christmas night liturgy was similarly stopped on 6/7 January."

In 2024, all larger religions as well free-thinkers (masons) have their time slot every sunday morning.

It is of course crazy that the anti-religious free-masons get their time slot on public TV when they vigorously protest when religious organizations want to get a meeting room in a French town hall. Ft (talk) 19:05, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vs the US

The amount of attention paid to contrasting French vs US separation of church and state seems undue - is it really important enough relative to other aspects of this article to take up around a third of the article? 73.168.37.85 (talk) 05:38, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]