Liberal Democracy Must Include Separation of Religion and State | Nadav Tamir
The experience of France and the United States teaches: Separation of religion and state is not a threat to national identity, but a condition for a free society and equality among citizens.
Assessment
The author uses France and the United States to argue that separating religion from state does not threaten national identity. The piece stakes a claim that liberal democracy requires such separation for freedom and equality. Watch for responses from Israeli politicians and religious leaders who may reject this framing as foreign or inapplicable to Israel's character as a Jewish state.