To all the people who are against Nepal being a secular state, would you like it if Nepal is declared a Buddhist state ? No ! neither would you like it if America were to be declared a Christian state tomorrow. Infact you would be the first to protest such a move. You will create a huge hullabaloo against this undemocratic move. You will protest and argue putting forth points like equality, freedom and separation of church and state. I am appalled to see the hypocrisy and selfishness in these people. They are not happy about this wonderful transition that our nation is going through but solely concerned about Nepal no more being a Hindu nation. As Karmapa and deja blue stated, the label of Hindu nation never benifited anyone other then the select few in Nepal and India. To the majority of Nepales, oppressed for years and forgotten by the ruling elites in Kathmandu the concept of a Hindu nation does no benifit. People need education, employment and heath-care. They ned security, they need to be convinced that whenever someone steps out of the house, they will be back. This is an oppurtunity for us to make a step in the right direction. Let us not be constrained by this issue of state religion, as it does no justice to the rest of the mass. Hindu religion with its principles and consistancy will still remain a majority and would still be a deciding factors in all laws or articles tabled in the parliament. Hinduism is not going to disappear, it hasn't in India after the hundreds of years of rule of the Mughals and british, definately not under a secular Nepal.