A secular country is VERY pro-religious because it does not have any sort of government bias toward a particular religion - so you are free to do what you like. The neutrality of it allows your OWN free expression of your religion, no matter how uncommon.
The burqa is not religious I'd say - its cultural and quite frankly, a bit backward. Its no different to the victorian attitude of as little visible flesh as possible. At the time would have been called a "christian attitude to flesh" or some such, but it wasn't. Religion does move on as well, as it is part of our culture...Gay people don't get sent straight to prison anymore, which is nice.
But hey, I like your admission that you're not "overly" racist - just partially i assume (i think i know what you meann )
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