secularism definitions

Definitions of Secularism on the Web:

Secularists, regardless of their religious preferences, believe that religious considerations should be excluded from civic affairs and public education (or private education that claims to be inclusive, ie Georgetown?).
studentorgs.georgetown.edu/guskeptics/definitions.htm

the neutrality of the State, local government and all public services in matters relating to one or more religions or to one or more creeds. In France, the secularity of the State was established in 1905 by the law of separation of Church and State.
www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/label_france/DUDH/english/glossaire.html

A belief system that denies the reality of God and religion and instead identifies itself with the world and human viewpoints.
www.scu.edu/pm/resources/theoglossary/print.html

a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn2.1

----Secularism means: * in philosophy, the belief that one's own life can be best lived, and the universe best understood, with little or no reference to a god or gods or other supernatural concepts.* in society, any of a range of situations where a society less automatically assumes religious beliefs to be either widely shared or a basis for conflict in various forms, than in recent generations of the same society.* in government, a policy of avoiding entanglement between government and religio
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularism