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The term may be a euphemism used by [[atheists]], since atheism generally has negative associations in the United States. | The term may be a euphemism used by [[atheists]], since atheism generally has negative associations in the United States. | ||
| − | The United States was founded as a secular republic - religion is | + | The United States was founded as a secular republic - where religion freedom is affirmed in the Constitution and where no special religion is established. |
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
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The term secular is generally used to mean "worldly, as differentiated from ecclesiastical." The term has changed meaning dramatically over time. Its original definition preserved its Latin meaning - "of an age" - as evinced in the Secular Games, or the Carmen Secularae ("Song of the Augustan Age") by Horace.
The term may be a euphemism used by atheists, since atheism generally has negative associations in the United States.
The United States was founded as a secular republic - where religion freedom is affirmed in the Constitution and where no special religion is established.
Further reading
- Emmet Kennedy, "The Tangled History of Secularism," Modern Age (Winter 2000) Volume 42, Number 1; online edition
