Oh yeah that's the one big thick difference. The law to separate church and state is one of the most important to us French for numerous reasons so a christo-fascist movement like the one in the US can never take a grip large enough to actually be threatening.
That's not really how it works, it's not a in "public/at home" separation: you can be as religious as you want in your home and in public.
It's more about public/private sectors: you can't display any religious signs, or even really talk about what religion you believe in, when you work in the public sector (for the government). No government agent is allowed to show their religion at work.
The same applies to students until the end of high school: they can't wear religious symbols.
But that's it really, there's no law to dictate how you can be religious and what religious symbols you want to display if you're an adult and you don't work for the government.
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u/Daedeluss Mar 05 '24
They have very strict separation of church and state in France.
The USA, on the other hand, does not, despite the constitution explicitly mandating it.