Constitution and secularity
The word 'secular' has many meanings to many persons. To insert such a word in the constitution of any nation is really a meaningless lip service and a perennial bone of contention and agitation. What is required is a positive assertion in the constitution to the effect that 'equality before the law' for all citizens including minority and disadvantaged groups is guaranteed (no matter what is the official religion of the country, or what words are used for preamble). To effect such equality, criminal laws ( if it is not there already) must be brought in to prevent discrimination on the grounds or race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, physical disadvantage, etc and for incitement of hatred on any such basis. Prevention of such discrimination is the true meaning of 'secularity' in the constitutional and legal context. Laws to prevent such discrimination exist in all secular western countries, although they have a national church, or religion, or religious preambles to any prescribed laws. The word 'secular' is not used in their written or unwritten constitutions as it is superfluous.
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