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en-wikipedia-org-6511		Secularism - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	4231	617	54	Secularism is most commonly defined as the separation of religion from civic affairs and the state.[1] The term has a broad range of meanings[2][3] and may connote anticlericalism, atheism, naturalism, or removal of religious symbols from public institutions.[4] Secularism emerged in the West with the establishment of reason over religious faith as human reason was gradually liberated from unquestioned subjection to the dominion of religion and superstition.[12] Secularism first appeared in the West in the Classical philosophy and politics of ancient Greece, disappeared for a time after the decline of the Classical world, but resurfaced after a millennium and a half in the Renaissance and the Reformation. In accord with the belief in the separation of church and state, secularists tend to prefer that politicians make decisions for secular rather than religious reasons.[20] In this respect, policy decisions pertaining to topics like abortion, contraception, embryonic stem cell research, same-sex marriage, and sex education are prominently focused upon by American secularist organizations such as the Center for Inquiry.[21][22]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6511.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6511.txt