French Secularism, suburbia

A friend in the Catholic Students Association brought up this article. Chirac declares France's commitment to Secularism. Does he reconcile it with Zooey's thoughts on suburban sameness?

This Chirac quote, from the text: "In France, there are no rules superior to the laws of the republic," adding that there was a need to "put limits on the public expression of one's own characteristics, to understand others, and to put oneself in their shoes."

The full text:
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=23346

Also, this subscriber comment: "The French Revolution continues to live and reason is worshipped instead of God." Are reason and God necessarily mutually exclusive?

luke

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