It's not as clear a case as your cabbie story, or the example of the relgious pharmacist who does not want to hand out birth control. But I do favor giving secularism a clear edge in public life. Considering the circumstances, it can seem a bit militant, like a more acceptable way to push the Islamist revolution. Seeing someone's face may not be a fundamental educational right, but it is pretty obtrusive as well as separatist. These are, for now, secular, liberal socieities, and when in Rome...