I believe that open secularism is the preferred tenet of Quebec society. The fundamental goal of legislation promoting secularism is to facilitate the cohabitation of people of various religious affiliations without prejudice. However, by enforcing uniformity in the public sphere (as advocated by closed secularism), these people are forced to become strangers since they are unable to engage in public as members of the aforementioned religious groups. These individuals can engage as equal members of their own nation or faith in an open, secular society, however, and work together for the…