Secularism in France

I think the religious secularism in French schools is a good thing. It protects minority religious groups from being so easily bullied or bigoted against. It also, however small a problem it may be, prevents awkward religious clashes or disagreements between students. Even teachers could be prejudiced in their own way towards opposing religious groups. The French government's secularism prevents all this.

This secularism prevents smaller or less popular religious groups from being discriminated against or bullied. I think that preventing religion from being displayed will do far less mental harm than if a child is bullied for his religion 5 days of the week. Being bullied, even just a minuscule amount can be extremely mentally and emotionally painful. Hiding one's religion, on the other hand, is not nearly as bad.

I don't know about most people, but I find religious talks EXTREMELY awkward. There is always some disagreement or non-belief or something that creates an obvious mental conflict between two or more people. If religious talks can be avoided, by any means necessary, I say, "Go for it." I just think it's ridiculous how big a deal this "afterlife" thing is to people. If being a part of something bigger than yourself makes you happy, be a part of it.

Teachers themselves are not (no offense) perfect. They're just normal people of Earth, just like everyone else. This being said, there is no doubt that some teachers are racist or prejudiced towards certain religions. If religious display is banned, then all students will (hopefully) be treated equally by everyone and certain students will not be favored by teachers. I am positive something unfair has happened due to a student's religion, but no more with public school's secularism.

I truly believe that the French government is most definitely doing the right thing by enforcing religious secularism in schools. Children will likely be treated more fairly; better, even. Students will not be favored nor disliked by anyone else due to religion, and if conflicts can be avoided, they should. Honestly, I think that it would even be better to have the same sort of thing in our school as well. I mean, nobody really goes around blatantly declaring their religion, but still, everything seems more at rest when religion is put aside.