Secularism

Main category: Secularism

English: Secularism is the principle according to which religion and the state should be separate from each other. The principles of secularism are freedom of thought and the protection of individual rights and freedoms.

Secularism

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  Separation of church and state.
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  A cartoon about the Portuguese separation of Church and State: Afonso Costa officiates a divorce between the Effigy of the Republic and a priest.
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  Gay Marriage Rally 2008.
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  2010 commemoration of the Italian unification.
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  Carla Corsetti, Atheist Democracy, 2010.
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  A banner at the Reason Rally in Washington, D.C. in 2012.
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  March for Secular Europe in London 2012.
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  The Belgian humanist Anne Morelli and Raffaele Carcano at a meeting about the secularism in Belgium.
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  Sikivu Hutchinson speaks at the 2012 Moving Secularism Forward.
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  American Atheists bench and ten commandments at Florida, 2013.
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  ”Humanity before religion.” Paris rally in support of the victims of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting.
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  Marieme Helie Lucas is an Algerian sociologist and an activist for women's rights and secularism.
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  LGBT Solidarity Rally in front of the Stonewall Inn 2017.
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  Secular Coalition for America Awards 2017 in Washington, DC.
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  British activist Barbara Smoker (National Secular Society) in 2017.
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  Ibtissame Lachgar and One Law For All award at the Secular Conference 2018.
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  Argentina 2018.
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  Dublin Pride 2019.
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  International Women's Day in Argentina 2021.

See also

• Irreligion
• Secular ceremonies