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Etymology

Is laicite derived from laa - ik in Arabic?

From the Greek laikos (the people). The English lay is surely related.

PACS

Christine Boutin, who openly argued on religious grounds against homosexual domestic partnerships (PACS)

This sentence is wrong: the PACS is not only for homosexuals, but also for heterosexuals. This should be made clear. 81.57.225.31 10:38, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The sentence is right. She argued on religious grounds against homosexual relationships and their acknowledgement in the gender-neutral PACS. David.Monniaux 12:35, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

picture

is a good thing. Deal with it however you may please.

Vs the US

The amount of attention paid to contrasting French vs US separation of church and state seems undue - is it really important enough relative to other aspects of this article to take up around a third of the article? 73.168.37.85 (talk) 05:38, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Revolutionaries in 1789 violently overthrew the Ancien Régime"

You mean a little something called... The French Revolution? FourLights (talk) 03:13, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]