Today is #CODay2024 . We are proud to have played a significant role in getting the Conscientious Objectors' Commemorative Stone installed in Tavistock Square, London. #HumanistHeritage 🧵
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Margaret Clap was a fearless ally in 1720s London. She provided a safe haven at her husband’s house in Holborn, for gay men to escape the harsh realities of the Buggery Act, which criminalised gay sexual activity under penalty of death. #HumanistHeritage
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'War is a crime against humanity. I renounce war, and am therefore determined not to support any kind of war. I am also determined to work for the removal of all causes of war.' - The Peace Pledge #HumanistHeritage #CODay2024
The stone was unveiled by humanist composer and pacifist Michael Tippett. A lifelong pacifist and a conscientious objector during the war, Tippett spent two months in prison for civil disobedience in 1943. #HumanistHeritage #CODay2024
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Happy #DarwinDay !
You can read more about Charles Darwin on #HumanistHeritage . 👇heritage.humanists.uk/charles-darwin/
#Onthisday 1726, three of the men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London were executed at Tyburn. #HumanistHeritage thread 🧵
I've just watched Humanists UK's new animation: 'Humanist history: from radical ideas to common sense', you should too! Head to the #HumanistHeritage website today.
heritage.humanists.uk/radical-ideas-…
In celebration of our 45th anniversary in 2024, the #HumanistHeritage website is expanding to include even more LGBT history. This has been made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund project Humanist Heritage: Doers, Dreamers, Place Makers. #LGBTHumanists45
We just launched our groundbreaking virtual tour of Conway Hall – one of only two surviving buildings in the UK built by and for the non-religious. Designed for schools but accessible to everyone, the interactive tour brings #HumanistHeritage to life🧵
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Humanists have long been advocates for compassionate reform of laws relating to assisted dying. This #humanistheritage article is a great resource for teachers and students exploring non-religious perspectives and arguments heritage.humanists.uk/articles/assis…
It's our 128th birthday today 🎉💃🥳
We held our first board meeting #OnThisDay in 1896, and we've been campaigning for a tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail ever since.
Want to know more? #HumanistHeritage ⬇️
heritage.humanists.uk
'If the knowledge of a God is the most necessary, why is it not the most evident and the clearest?' The words that contributed to Percy Bysshe Shelley's expulsion from University College Oxford. Fascinating #HumanistHeritage !
I would strongly recommend watching Humanists UK's new animation: 'Humanist history: from radical ideas to common sense', for all those not content (or disillusioned) with mainstream religion in this country. Head to the #HumanistHeritage website today. heritage.humanists.uk/radical-ideas-…
Author and civil rights activist James Baldwin was an inspiration to many humanists: 'The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was before you came in.' Learn more on #HumanistHeritage heritage.humanists.uk/james-baldwin/
I've just watched Humanists UK's new animation: 'Humanist history: from radical ideas to common sense', you should too! Head to the #HumanistHeritage website today.
heritage.humanists.uk/radical-ideas-…
I've just watched Humanists UK's new animation: 'Humanist history: from radical ideas to common sense', you should too! Head to the #HumanistHeritage website today.
heritage.humanists.uk/radical-ideas-…
'Humanist History: from radical ideas to common sense' brings the rich history of humanism to life for pupils and teachers, and explores two millennia of humanist thinking. Watch it below :) It's also available on the #HumanistHeritage website.
Check out our beautiful new animation on the history of humanist thought and action! From ancient thinkers, through centuries of repression, to the Enlightenment and the approach to life of millions today. #humanistheritage heritage.humanists.uk/radical-ideas-…
I've just watched Humanists UK's new animation: 'Humanist history: from radical ideas to common sense', you should too!
Head to the #HumanistHeritage website today.
heritage.humanists.uk/radical-ideas-…