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* keep public services free from religious control | * keep public services free from religious control | ||
* abolish the established church and remove its political and legal privileges | * abolish the established church and remove its political and legal privileges | ||
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* abolish blasphemy laws<ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/welcome.html</ref> | * abolish blasphemy laws<ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/welcome.html</ref> | ||
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The National Secular Society is a British campaign group that seeks to end the influence of organised religion in British public life. It seeks to:
- end 'privileged' religious input to policy and law making
- keep public services free from religious control
- abolish the established church and remove its political and legal privileges
- bring publicly-funded religious schools under local authority conrol and open them to all
- abolish blasphemy laws[1]
The National Secular Society was founded in 1866 by the radical Charles Bradlaugh.