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British_Humanist_Association
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The '''British Humanist Association''' is an organisation of the United_Kingdom which promotes Humanism. The BHA is committed to Secularism, Human_rights, Democracy, equality and mutual respect. It works for an open and inclusive society with freedom of belief and speech, and for an end to the privileged position of religion in law, education, broadcasting and wherever else it occurs. The BHA is a member organisation of the International_Humanist_and_Ethical_Union. The official symbol of the BHA is the Happy_Human. ==IHEU's Minimum statement on Humanism== All member organisations of the IHEU are required by IHEU bylaw 5.1 to accept http://www.iheu.org/bylaws the IHEU Minimum statement on Humanism: "''Humanism is a democratic and ethical Life_stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. It stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethic based on human and other natural values in the spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities. It is not theistic, and it does not accept supernatural views of reality''.'' ==Famous British Humanists== ===President=== *Linda Smith (25_January 1958 – 27_February 2006) ===Vice-Presidents=== *Professor Simon_Blackburn *Baroness Blackstone *Professor Bernard_Crick *Professor Richard_Dawkins FRS *Dr James Hemming *Lord Hughes of Woodside *Professor Richard Norman *Claire_Rayner OBE *Dr Harry Stopes-Roe *Baroness Turner of Camden *Baroness Whitaker *Jane Wynne Willson *Professor Lewis_Wolpert CBE FRS ===Distinguished Supporters=== *Graham_Allen MP *Jane_Asher *Professor Sir Michael_Atiyah OM FRS *Lord Avebury *Professor Brian_Barry *Lord Bilston *Professor Colin_Blakemore FRS *Dr Susan_Blackmore *Professor Sir Thomas Blundell FRS *Faith_Brook *Rt Hon Nick_Brown MP *Alan_Brownjohn *Sir Roy_Calne FRS *Michael_Clapham MP *Sir Arthur_C_Clarke *Sir Kenneth Clucas *Michael_Connarty MP *Viscount Craigavon *Dr Helena_Cronin *Lord_Dubs *Maureen_Duffy *Professor R I M Dunbar FBA *Professor Sir Anthony_Epstein CBE FRS *Viscount Falkland *Baroness_Flather *Professor Antony_Flew *Rt Hon Michael_Foot *Professor Frank_Furedi *Peter Goodfellow FRS *Sir James Gowans CBE FRCP FRS *Lord Graham of Edmonton *Sir Francis_Graham-Smith FRS *Professor A._C._Grayling FRSA *Mike Hall *Professor John L Harper CBE FRS *Lord Harrison *Rt Hon The Lord_Hattersley *Dr James Hemming *Professor Robert A Hinde CBE FRS *Kelvin_Hopkins MP *Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE *Professor Hugh_Huxley FRS *Professor Sir Alec_Jeffreys FRS *Professor Steve_Jones *Anish_Kapoor *Miriam_Karlin OBE *Sir Ludovic_Kennedy *Randal_Keynes OBE *Glenys_Kinnock MEP *Professor Sir Hans_Kornberg FRS *Professor Sir Harry_Kroto FRS *Ashok Kumar MP *Stewart_Lee *Sir Michael_Levey LVO FBA FRSL *Ken_Livingstone *Sir John_Maddox *Alice_Mahon *Lord McCarthy *Professor Sheila_McLean *Ian_McEwan *Lord McIntosh of Haringey *Dr Kenan_Malik FRSA *Bob_Marshall-Andrews QC MP *Jonathan_Meades *George_Melly *Warren_Mitchell *Lord Monkswell *Julie_Morgan MP *Rhodri_Morgan AM *Suzanne Moore *Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan *Professor Sir Roger_Penrose FRS *Lord Peston *Colin_Pickthall *Terry_Pratchett OBE *Phillip_Pullman CBE *Professor Steven_Rose *Michael Rubenstein *Salman_Rushdie *Sir Lou Sherman OBE *Sir David Smith FRS FRSE *Professor Sir Kenneth Stuart FRCP *Sir John_Sulston *Dr Laurie_Taylor *Sir Keith Thomas FBA *Polly_Toynbee *Professor Sir David_Weatherall FRS *Professor Lord Wedderburn of Charlton QC FBA. For more information regarding the 'Distinguished Supporter' honorific: *BHA Distinguished Supporters ==See also== *National_Secular_Society *Rationalist Association *International_Humanist_and_Ethical_Union *South_Place_Ethical_Society ==External link== *BHA Website United Kingdom Category:Secularism Category:Organisations_based_in_the_United_Kingdom British humanists