Charles Bradlaugh Statue Unveiled In House Of Commons
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The National Secular Society was founded in 1886 by Charles Bradlaugh. The founding principles were: “to promote human happiness, to fight religion as an obstruction, to attack the legal barriers to freethought”. As a staunch atheist, progressive and an active anti-blasphemy law campaigner, Bradlaugh naturally fell afoul of the ideologues of his time – none more so than British Parliament. In 1880, Bradlaugh would win the election to become MP for Northampton, yet would be denied his seat in parliament for refusing to affirm the religious oath. It would be a further six years before he would finally be allowed to take his seat.
Charles Bradlaugh Statue Unveiled In House Of Commons
Charles Bradlaugh Statue Unveiled In House Of…
Charles Bradlaugh Statue Unveiled In House Of Commons
The National Secular Society was founded in 1886 by Charles Bradlaugh. The founding principles were: “to promote human happiness, to fight religion as an obstruction, to attack the legal barriers to freethought”. As a staunch atheist, progressive and an active anti-blasphemy law campaigner, Bradlaugh naturally fell afoul of the ideologues of his time – none more so than British Parliament. In 1880, Bradlaugh would win the election to become MP for Northampton, yet would be denied his seat in parliament for refusing to affirm the religious oath. It would be a further six years before he would finally be allowed to take his seat.