Secularism For All… including the religious

A talk for Dorset Humanists by Megan Manson, Head of Policy and Research at the National Secular Society

A common misconception about secularism is that it's a principle created by atheists for the benefit of atheists. But separation of religion and state is essential to protect the human rights of all individuals - including members of religious communities. In this talk, National Secular Society head of policy and research Megan Manson explains how the NSS campaigns to uphold the rights of people in faith communities, and works with members of those communities to fight injustices. She explores the issues specifically affecting religious communities, including caste discrimination, illegal faith schools and conversion therapy. A topic of discussion was how to encourage more people who belong to religions to embrace secularist principles.

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Secularism has absolutely nothing with atheism to begin with, because it just only deals religion being seperated from the state. That's it. It doesn't really tell you on what you should believe in.

And, another point is that non-religious is not synonymous atheism, either, because there are plenty of "non-religious theists" who exist.