In France governement forceibly closed lots of confessional schools and replaced them with state schools aimed at manufacturing good atheists.

In the US oathes are pronounced on the Bible

Don't let the ACLU and others transform America from a secular country into an intolerant atheistic country.

Now a few stories about France's secularity:

When De Gaulle was President and travelling in a foreign country the program set by the foreign country included a mass. Mme De Gaulle was to lift to take the communion and De Gaulle made her sit telling "We cannot do so. France is a secular country". In other words, two devout Catholics were not free to commulgate.

Before WWI, the Combes cabinet constituted files about religious practice between officers.

After WWI, the governement was not as agressive in religious matters, however General Gamelin owed his nomination as chief of staff to his atheism and the protection of Daladier, an influential atheistic politician. Gamelin was the chief of staff in 1940, he was the guy who ignored the potential of Armored Divisions and who had left the Sedan region unprotected thus allowing the Germans to surround the main body of the French Army. Paul Reynaud, the Prime Minister, had tried to fire him before the German attack but had to drop the idea due to the opposition of Daladier .