This article examines the long-term consequences of President Habib Bourguiba’s secular legacy on democratic attitudes, specifically, on attitudes toward gender equality and toward the separation of state and religion. In 1956, following the independence of Tunisia, Bourguiba adopted a series of progressive and secular policies that aimed to limit Islamic religious laws and introduce secular civic institutions. I hypothesize that people socialized under Bourguiba’s rule are more supportive of secular policies than those who lived under other regimes. Using the Arab Barometer data, I test this hypothesis by examining how Bourguiba’s secular policies might have affected attitudes toward the separation between state and religion as well as gender norms. The findings show that people with adult and early exposure to Bourguiba’s regime are more likely to support laws based on the will of the people (in contrast to laws based on Sharia) and more likely to support equal inheritance between men and women than as opposed to people with little to no exposure. These findings contribute to recent work on historical legacies and political attitudes.