Secularism as a State Religion

"Western cultures are losing sight of the critical distinction between a non-confessional state and a secularist state."

-Phillip Trower, at Christendom Awake

Precisely. I've said the same thing myself, only using "non-sectarian" instead of "non-confessional." "Non-confessional" seems to me a better term, especially in an American context where "non-sectarian" meant in the past non-Catholic, non-denominational Protestantism. See the history of the Blaine amendments.

Of course nowadays the courts have interpreted the phrase "non-sectarian" as meaning secular, which helps precipitate the mess we have today.