Secularism plays a very crucial role in regards to politics. Secularism demands that politicians base their decisions an opinions with a secular mind set rather than a religious one especially in regards to controversial issues such as abortion, embryonic stem cell research, same-sex marriage and sex education.

A lot of religious organizations recognize that in a democracy that laws must be made in accordance to a secularist view however many major religious will attempt to influence public policy through church-state agreements.

The majority of Christians accept the fact that the laws and constitution of our nation have been molded in a secular fashion and some even find the idea from within the bible and the teachings of Jesus. Some Christian fundamentals believe that secularism is a threat to their rights to live in a society that is Governed by the religious teachings. The two most dominant entities in regards to religious fundamentalism are Fundamentalist Christianity and fundamentalist Island.