What's a Secular Union to Do?

Seems that religion isn't quite yet dead in the secular EU and it seems to be a thorn in the flesh of the established ruling elitists. As secularism's popularity in the US dominates the urban areas, such is the case in Europe where "town vs. country" conflicts are taking hold.

Ever since 1945, European elites have preferred their politics to be technocratic — mainly managing capitalism for the common good, rather than tackling private issues of faith and morality. This is partly because Europeans are less passionate about religion. Only one in 10 French people says religion plays an important role in his or her life. But lately, cultural issues have begun to force their way back into the mainstream of European politics, stoked by three things...

Check out those three things. How humiliating for an upstanding secular icon, such as the EU, to be forced to deal with religious retrogression. This is beyond them.