Sadly secularist

A few days ago we were in the local mall at one of the bookstores we frequent, mostly because of its well priced DVD's.  I was dismayed while perusing a general DVD section to come across a cover with perverse sexual content easily visible to anyone, i.e. children as well...potentially MY children!  We approached the manager and drew the situation to his attention, explaining how inappropriate we thought the DVD cover for general viewing and asking that it be moved to a specially created section.  He agreed with us about its inappropriateness but lamely said he could do nothing.

Yesterday I sent off an email to the head office of this large chain bookstore expressing my concerns and asking them to behave responsibly and protect children from this unnecessary exposure.  Today I received a very curt response saying they felt no need to do anything about the situation which was quite acceptable to them.

The irony for me is this...  Also in the same mall is a bookstore known to be very religious, i.e. Islamic.  I have also bought from them on occasion and have found myself wondering whether I ought to be contribuiting to the Muslim agenda with my finances.  Now I wonder why I imagined Islam more of a threat than secularism.

I think we're inclined to naively imagine secularism is neutral, which of course it's not.  Any system which denies any place to God (or keeps Him on the fringes) and the values and principles that are intrinsic to Him threatens a society built upon and protected by what is true and good. 

In this instance I believe I'm more likely to get a hearing with a practising Muslim than from someone secularly minded.  Sadly, the easy dismissal of my concerns suggests they're not complaining :-(