The National Secular Society (NSS) is a British campaigning organisation that promotes secularism and the separation of church and state. It holds that no one should gain advantage or disadvantage because of their religion or lack of it. It was founded by Charles Bradlaugh in 1866.
National Secular Society
Charles Bradlaugh, the founder of the National Secular Society.
The Secularist of the Year poster used at the ceremony
Secularism is the principle of seeking to conduct human affairs based on naturalistic considerations, uninvolved with religion.
The British writer George Holyoake (1817–1906) employed the term "secularism" in 1851.