No overlap

From Religion News Service:

Former French presidential candidate Segolene Royal is apparently quite miffed that the Parisian mag Match has published photos of her praying in an Italian church. She's actually suing them.

'I'm in favour of the secular state and therefore that question (of my religious beliefs) is a private matter and there is no reason why I should be hounded,' Royal said on a radio program, according to Reuters.

Royal also said that: 'There is no overlap between public commitments and private beliefs or religious faith."

"I think that when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties they lead their country by a short route to chaos." Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons

RNS Blog: "Eglise et Etat"