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Secularism: Happy as God in Switzerland
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"In the name of God Almighty!" are the opening words of the Swiss Constitution. Yet today, a quarter of the Swiss population declares itself to have no religious affiliation, whereas people of no faith represented 1% of the population in 1970. While religious freedom is a fundamental right, Switzerland is not a secular country, since it does not have a strict separation between church and state.