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To get rid, by every possible means, of the existing prejudices, especially on the part of "Secularists," against the
British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals J. Ellis Barker 1909
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"Secularists" include those who go to church rarely and are not typically guided by Catholic beliefs.
Father Joe 2008
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Secularists and humanists oppose the voluntary question on religion – featured for the first time in the 2001 census – because they claim the data is used to "justify" religious privilege in state policy on public services.
Census religion question flawed and misleading, say humanists 2011
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Secularists may see popular allegiance to Islam as one of the biggest problems.
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Secularists tend to sniff at the whole idea, deriding it as "Catholic divorce," a way for the church to have its cake and eat it too — claiming to uphold marriage, but providing a way out for people willing to jump through some ecclesiastical hoops.
The Vatican's Marriage Quandary John L. Allen Jr. 2011
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Secularists are often right to take up a Rawlsean opposition to strong belief when it disregards compromise and consensus.
Feisal G. Mohamed: Evaluating the Post-Secular Return to Belief Feisal G. Mohamed 2011
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Secularists, including many academics, support the ban out of fear that any dilution of Turkey's secular laws will open floodgates to the country's Islamization.
Turkey Rolls Back University Scarf Ban Marc Champion 2010
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Egypt's Secularists Fret Over Tunisian Poll That marks a potentially momentous shift in a region in which elections, when they have been held, have tended to pit hardened Islamist groups against secular parties equally tough in their rejection of their rivals' politics.
In Tunisia Vote, Hints of New Model Charles Levinson 2011
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As he explained in his 2006 Call to Renewal Conference: "Secularists are wrong when they ask believers to leave their religion at the door when they enter the public square."
Denis Lacorne: Secularists Or Christian? The Religious Lives Of American Political Candidates In The Public Sphere Denis Lacorne 2011
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Secularists are often right to take up a Rawlsean opposition to strong belief when it disregards compromise and consensus.
Feisal G. Mohamed: Evaluating the Post-Secular Return to Belief Feisal G. Mohamed 2011
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