Each passing year makes them ever less distinguishable from their secular counterparts.

The atheists object that such legislation would afford religious people special protection beyond their secular counterparts.

But this time the forces of faith agreed, with each other and their secular counterparts.

Like their secular counterparts, Christian critics are diverse in their judgments.

He said the study had also found that theological schools spent less on maintenance per square foot than their secular counterparts.

Bush claims that overtly religious programs work better than their more secular counterparts because they use "the transforming power of faith."

The diets are as varied as their secular counterparts.

That, in fact, is what can make faith-based programs more effective than their purely secular counterparts.

The change, effective next month, was eagerly awaited by churchgoers, and by their secular counterparts who would rather sleep in.

And where the cathedral is, its secular counterpart, the Central Station, can't be far off.