Have you ever heard someone opposed to government secularism claim that such secularism is synonymous with atheism? Secular government rejects establishment of any and all theisms and atheism. By its silence such secular government endorses neither polytheism, monotheism, nor atheism. Government secularism consists of a separation of government from both anti-religious and religious functions and institutions. There is a long standing historical tendency for some theistic religions to advocate government establishment of their theism and to declare their theism to be requisite for patriotism and other virtues. The frequency of secularism equals atheism claims are like canaries in a coal mine that stop singing, alerting us to the strength of a politicized theistic supremacist religious sentiment in our country.