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96 relations: A. C. Grayling, Amsterdam Declaration, Angela Eagle, Animal slaughter, Annie Besant, Atheism, Barbara Smoker, Baron Avebury, BBC, Blasphemy law in the United Kingdom, Brian Sedgemore, British Armed Forces, British Secular Union, Chapman Cohen, Charles Bradlaugh, Charles Knowlton, Christian Institute, Church (congregation), Conway Hall Ethical Society, Council of Europe, Creationism, David Starkey, David Tribe, Denis Cobell, Dick Taverne, Disestablishmentarianism, Doreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen, Edward Bond, Edward Royle, Ethel Venton, European Parliament, Evan Harris, Frank Ridley, Freethought, George Holyoake, George William Foote, Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, Graham Allen (politician), Graham Linehan, House of Lords, Human rights, Humanist Students, Humanists UK, Iain Banks, Intelligent design, International Humanist and Ethical Union, Joan Smith, Jonathan Meades, Jonathan Miller, Keith Porteous Wood, ..., Kelvin Hopkins, Legal aspects of ritual slaughter, Limited company, Local Government Act 1972, Localism Act 2011, Lords Spiritual, Maajid Nawaz, Martin O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan, Martin Rowson, Maryam Namazie, Maurice Peston, Baron Peston, Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, Member of parliament, Member of the European Parliament, Michael Cashman, Michael Irwin, Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden, Nick Cohen, Non-governmental organization, Northampton (UK Parliament constituency), Patrick Harvie, Peter Atkins, Peter Tatchell, Philip Pullman, Polly Toynbee, Pope, Rationalist Association, Richard Dawkins, Ricky Gervais, Scouting, Secularism, Separation of church and state, Shreela Flather, Sophie in 't Veld, Stewart Lee, Stunning, Supernatural, Surrey Advertiser, Taslima Nasrin, Ted Honderich, Terry Sanderson (writer), The Freethinker (journal), Thought for the Day, United Kingdom, United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Woking. Expand index (46 more) »
A. C. Grayling
Anthony Clifford Grayling (born 3 April 1949), usually known as A. C. Grayling, is a British philosopher and author.
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Amsterdam Declaration
The Amsterdam Declaration 2002 is a statement of the fundamental principles of modern Humanism passed unanimously by the General Assembly of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) at the 50th anniversary World Humanist Congress in 2002.
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Angela Eagle
Angela Eagle (born 17 February 1961) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallasey since the 1992 general election.
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Animal slaughter
Animal slaughter is the killing of animals, usually referring to killing domestic livestock.
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Annie Besant
Annie Besant, née Wood (1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule.
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Atheism
Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities.
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Barbara Smoker
Barbara Smoker (born 2 June 1923) is a British Humanist activist and freethought advocate.
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Baron Avebury
Baron Avebury, of Avebury in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.
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Blasphemy law in the United Kingdom
This article describes the blasphemy law in the United Kingdom.
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Brian Sedgemore
Brian Charles John Sedgemore (17 March 1937 – 29 April 2015, The Guardian, 6 May 2015) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom; he was a Member of Parliament from 1974 until 1979, and from 1983 until 2005.
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British Armed Forces
The British Armed Forces, also known as Her/His Majesty's Armed Forces, are the military services responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and the Crown dependencies.
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British Secular Union
The British Secular Union was a secularist organisation, founded in August 1877, primarily as a response to what its founders regarded as the "dictatorial" powers of Charles Bradlaugh as President of the National Secular Society.
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Chapman Cohen
Chapman Cohen (1 September 1868 – 4 February 1954) was a leading English freethinker and a secularist and atheist writer and lecturer.
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Charles Bradlaugh
Charles Bradlaugh (26 September 1833 – 30 January 1891) was an English political activist and atheist.
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Charles Knowlton
Charles Knowlton (May 10, 1800 – February 20, 1850) was an American physician, atheist, and writer.
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Christian Institute
The Christian Institute (CI) is an evangelical Christian group operating in the United Kingdom.
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Church (congregation)
A church is a Christian religious organization or congregation or community that meets in a particular location.
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Conway Hall Ethical Society
The Conway Hall Ethical Society, formerly the South Place Ethical Society, based in London at Conway Hall, is thought to be the oldest surviving freethought organisation in the world and is the only remaining ethical society in the United Kingdom.
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Council of Europe
The Council of Europe (CoE; Conseil de l'Europe) is an international organisation whose stated aim is to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.
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Creationism
Creationism is the religious belief that the universe and life originated "from specific acts of divine creation",Gunn 2004, p. 9, "The Concise Oxford Dictionary says that creationism is 'the belief that the universe and living organisms originated from specific acts of divine creation.'" as opposed to the scientific conclusion that they came about through natural processes.
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David Starkey
David Robert StarkeyStarkey had his middle name in 1986 when he stood for election but it was not mentioned when he was awarded his CBE in 2007.
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David Tribe
David Harold Tribe (1931 – 2017) was a leading secularist and humanist, and wrote many books, articles and pamphlets.
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Denis Cobell
Denis Cobell (born 1938) is a prominent UK secularist, humanist, republican and pacifist.
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Dick Taverne
Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne, QC (born 18 October 1928) is an English Liberal Democrat politician and life peer in the House of Lords.
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Disestablishmentarianism
Disestablishmentarianism refers to campaigns to sever links between church and state, particularly in relation to the Church of England as an established church within the United Kingdom.
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Doreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen
Doreen Elizabeth Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen (born 5 September 1938), is a Labour member of the House of Lords.
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Edward Bond
Edward Bond (born 18 July 1934) is an English playwright, theatre director, poet, theorist and screenwriter.
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Edward Royle
Edward Royle (born March 29, 1944) is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of York and author of several books on the history of religious ideas, particularly in York and Yorkshire.
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Ethel Venton
Ethel Venton (1891 – February 1988) was an English secularist, Labour Party councillor and animal welfare activist.
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European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU).
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Evan Harris
Evan Leslie Harris (born 21 October 1965) is a British Liberal Democrat politician.
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Frank Ridley
Francis Ambrose Ridley, usually known as Frank Ridley (22 February 1897 – 27 March 1994) was a Marxist and secularist of the United Kingdom.
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Freethought
Freethought (or "free thought") is a philosophical viewpoint which holds that positions regarding truth should be formed on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism, rather than authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma.
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George Holyoake
George Jacob Holyoake (13 April 1817 – 22 January 1906), was a British secularist, co-operator, and newspaper editor.
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George William Foote
George William Foote (11 January 1850 – 17 October 1915) was an English secularist and journal editor.
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Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (née Parry; born 7 July 1944) is a British politician and former teacher.
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Graham Allen (politician)
Graham William Allen (born 11 January 1953) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham North from 1987 to 2017.
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Graham Linehan
Graham Linehan (born 22 May 1968) is an Irish television comedy writer and director who, often in partnership with Arthur Mathews, has written or co-written a string of successful television comedies.
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House of Lords
The House of Lords of the United Kingdom, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Human rights
Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, December 13, 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,, Retrieved August 14, 2014 that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights in municipal and international law.
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Humanist Students
Humanist Students is the national umbrella organisation for free-thinking, atheist, humanist and secular student societies in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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Humanists UK
Humanists UK, known from 1967 until May 2017 as the British Humanist Association (BHA), is a charitable organisation which promotes Humanism and aims to represent "people who seek to live good lives without religious or superstitious beliefs" in the United Kingdom by campaigning on issues relating to humanism, secularism, and human rights.
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Iain Banks
Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author.
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Intelligent design
Intelligent design (ID) is a religious argument for the existence of God, presented by its proponents as "an evidence-based scientific theory about life's origins",Numbers 2006, p. 373; " captured headlines for its bold attempt to rewrite the basic rules of science and its claim to have found indisputable evidence of a God-like being.
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International Humanist and Ethical Union
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is an umbrella organisation of humanist, atheist, rationalist, secular, skeptic, freethought and Ethical Culture organisations worldwide.
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Joan Smith
Joan Alison Smith (born 27 August 1953) is an English journalist, novelist, and human rights activist, who is a former chair of the Writers in Prison committee in the English section of International PEN and was the Executive Director of Hacked Off.
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Jonathan Meades
Jonathan Turner Meades (born 21 January 1947) is an English writer and film-maker, primarily on the subjects of place, culture, architecture and food.
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Jonathan Miller
Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller, CBE (born 21 July 1934) is an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist, and medical doctor.
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Keith Porteous Wood
Keith Porteous Wood (born November 1947) is the president of the National Secular Society in the United Kingdom.
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Kelvin Hopkins
Kelvin Peter Hopkins (born 22 August 1941) is a British politician.
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Legal aspects of ritual slaughter
The legal aspects of ritual slaughter include the regulation of slaughterhouses, butchers, and religious personnel involved with traditional shechita (Jewish) and dhabiha (Islamic).
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Limited company
In a limited company, the liability of members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company.
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Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.
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Localism Act 2011
The Localism Act 2011 (c. 20) is an Act of Parliament that changes the powers of local government in England.
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Lords Spiritual
The Lords Spiritual of the United Kingdom are the 26 bishops of the established Church of England who serve in the House of Lords along with the Lords Temporal.
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Maajid Nawaz
Maajid Usman Nawaz (born 2 November 1977) is a British activist and politician.
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Martin O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan
Martin John O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of Clackmannan (born 6 January 1945) is a Scottish politician.
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Martin Rowson
Martin Rowson (born 15 February 1959) is a British editorial cartoonist and writer.
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Maryam Namazie
Maryam Namazie (مریم نمازی; born 1966) is a British-Iranian secularist and human rights activist, commentator, and broadcaster.
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Maurice Peston, Baron Peston
Maurice Harry Peston, Baron Peston (19 March 1931 – 23 April 2016), was a British economist and Labour life peer.
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Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai
Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai, Baron Desai (born 10 July 1940) is a United Kingdom economist and Labour politician.
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Member of parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.
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Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
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Michael Cashman
Michael Maurice Cashman, Baron Cashman, (born 17 December 1950) is a British Labour politician and former actor.
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Michael Irwin
Michael Henry Knox Irwin (born 5 June 1931) is a British doctor, formerly a GP and a Medical Director with the United Nations.
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Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden
Muriel Winifred Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden (née Price; 18 September 1927 – 26 February 2018) was a British Labour politician and trade union leader.
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Nick Cohen
Nicholas Cohen (born 1961) is a British journalist, author and political commentator.
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Non-governmental organization
Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.
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Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)
Northampton was a parliamentary constituency (centred on the town of Northampton), which existed until 1974.
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Patrick Harvie
Patrick Harvie (born 18 March 1973) is the co-convener of the Scottish Green Party (with Maggie Chapman) and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Glasgow region.
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Peter Atkins
Peter William Atkins (born 10 August 1940) is an English chemist and former Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Lincoln College.
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Peter Tatchell
Peter Gary Tatchell (born 25 January 1952) is a British human rights campaigner, originally from Australia, best known for his work with LGBT social movements.
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Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL (born 19 October 1946) is an English novelist.
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Polly Toynbee
Mary Louisa "Polly" Toynbee (born 27 December 1946) is a British journalist and writer.
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Pope
The pope (papa from πάππας pappas, a child's word for "father"), also known as the supreme pontiff (from Latin pontifex maximus "greatest priest"), is the Bishop of Rome and therefore ex officio the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church.
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Rationalist Association
The Rationalist Association, originally the Rationalist Press Association, is an organisation in the United Kingdom, founded in 1885 by a group of free thinkers who were unhappy with the increasingly political and decreasingly intellectual tenor of the British secularist movement.
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Richard Dawkins
Clinton Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and author.
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Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais (born 25 June 1961) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, and singer.
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Scouting
Scouting or the Scout Movement is a movement that aims to support young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society, with a strong focus on the outdoors and survival skills.
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Secularism
Secularism is the principle of the separation of government institutions and persons mandated to represent the state from religious institution and religious dignitaries (the attainment of such is termed secularity).
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Separation of church and state
The separation of church and state is a philosophic and jurisprudential concept for defining political distance in the relationship between religious organizations and the nation state.
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Shreela Flather
Shreela Flather, Baroness Flather DL (born 13 February 1934) is a British-Indian politician, teacher and life peer.
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Sophie in 't Veld
Sophia Helena "Sophie" in 't Veld (born 13 September 1963) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 party.
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Stewart Lee
Stewart Graham Lee (born 5 April 1968) is an English stand-up comedian, writer and director.
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Stunning
Stunning is the process of rendering animals immobile or unconscious, with or without killing the animal, when or immediately prior to slaughtering them for food.
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Supernatural
The supernatural (Medieval Latin: supernātūrālis: supra "above" + naturalis "natural", first used: 1520–1530 AD) is that which exists (or is claimed to exist), yet cannot be explained by laws of nature.
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Surrey Advertiser
The Surrey Advertiser is a newspaper for Surrey, England which was established in 1864 and gradually evolved into the Surrey Advertiser Group of seven more localised titles.
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Taslima Nasrin
Taslima Nasrin (also Taslima Nasreen, born 25 August 1962) is a Bangladeshi-Swedish author and former physician who has been living in exile since 1994.
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Ted Honderich
Ted Honderich (born 30 January 1933) is a Canadian-born British philosopher, Grote Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic, University College London.
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Terry Sanderson (writer)
Terry Sanderson (born 1946) is a leading UK secularist and gay rights activist, author and journalist.
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The Freethinker (journal)
The Freethinker was a British secular humanist magazine, founded by G.W. Foote in 1881.
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Thought for the Day
Thought for the Day is a daily scripted slot on the ''Today'' programme on BBC Radio 4 offering "reflections from a faith perspective on issues and people in the news", broadcast at around 7:45 each Monday to Saturday morning.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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United Nations Commission on Human Rights
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it was replaced by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2006.
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Woking
Woking is a town in northwest Surrey, England.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Secular_Society
