> I can’t wait till we talk about Jesus and God in the same way we talk about Hades and Zeus.

> When societies cling too tightly to the faith traditions they’ve inherited—by accident of birth—they often impede critical thinking, open inquiry, and evidence-based governance.

It's pretty clear he's talking about atheism.

And a secular state is definitionally a state without a state religion. Sweden and Norway both had state churches until very recently. A closely related country, Denmark, still has an official state church.

You can also look to Belarus, a secular state with a high rate of non-religiosity.