That means that nothing in the activities of the French government can permit or promote religious sectarianism.
So explain to me how a woman popping down to the shops wearing her burqa, represents 'the activities of the French government'.
Anyone may freely wear a crucifix in public, but they may not wear one in a French school. Because whilst the French state remains secular, people are free to follow their religions in whichever they choose.
Rudy is absolutely right, Sarkozy is 'a jumped up little Right-Winger who fancies himself' and who is personally unpopular with the French electorate.

