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(82,333 posts) Thu Nov 17, 2016, 08:09 AM Nov 2016

Celebrating the first atheist MP Charles Bradlaugh

14 November 2016
Last updated at 14:39 GMT
BBC

A Victorian politician, who founded the National Secular Society 150 years ago, was the first atheist MP and paved the way for the separation of religion and public life.

Daily Politics reporter Ellie Price looks at how Parliament is celebrating the life of Northampton MP Charles Bradlaugh, described as an "odd-looking man", with a new sculpture.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-37976044

2:05 video at link.

http://www.secularism.org.uk/history.html

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