It is an Enlightenment value to separate the Church from the State. It means the freedom of religion. Every human being is free to think and act according to his findings. And it means the Government can't make him act against his morality. But there's a context here.
.@TomWalkom says @PMHarper's tough new anti-terror bill is almost certainly unnecessary. http://t.co/gnxSOzdHDx pic.twitter.com/KKvgMrkIct
— TorontoStar (@TorontoStar) January 31, 2015
As a consequence of the separation of Church and State some have come to believe that the public square must be morally neutral and cleansed of all expressions of religion. That's French style laïcité. We have also come to believe that it doesn't matter what a person thinks or believes, what his view is on the universe and man's place in it; what consequently is good or evil and how man gathers knowledge, if any. After all, we're all equal, aren't we?