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The secular left is a group of left-wing secularists. They have started to get worldwide following, including the The New Zealand Association of Rationalists & Humanists.<ref>http://www.reason.org.nz/index.php/about-us</ref>. They claim to support "strict government secularism"<ref>http://www.secularleft.us/about</ref>.  

The secular left is a group of [[leftist|left]]-wing secularists. They have started to get worldwide following, including the The New Zealand Association of Rationalists & Humanists.<ref>http://www.reason.org.nz/index.php/about-us</ref>. They claim to support "strict government secularism"<ref>http://www.secularleft.us/about</ref>.  

==Beliefs==

==Beliefs==

1.They are actively opposed to any role of religion in politics or in government and so support the separation of church and state. Ironically, they are not in opposition to the religious left and don't challenge their religion yet do attack the right wing over religion..This was seen in Australia, Tony Abbott, a conservative Catholic was berated by the Secular Left present in Australia. Yet the secular left didn’t condemn the Uniting Church minister from Queensland who stood as a left-wing minister<ref>http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2010/08/22/more-mischief-from-the-religious-left/</ref>.

1.They are actively opposed to any role of religion in politics or in government and so support the separation of church and state. Ironically, they are not in opposition to the religious left and don't challenge their religion yet do attack the right wing over religion..This was seen in Australia, Tony Abbott, a conservative Catholic was berated by the Secular Left present in Australia. Yet the secular left didn’t condemn the Uniting Church minister from Queensland who stood as a left-wing minister<ref>http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2010/08/22/more-mischief-from-the-religious-left/</ref>.