What Is Meant By "Secular?
The National Secular Society defines the term as the strict
separation of the state from religious institutions and the equality of people of different religions and beliefs before the law.
This is not an atheist position but, in fact, one that protects religious freedom.
In practice most secularists are also very concerned that education should be secular
in the sense that there should be no schools that give a privileged place to a particular religion or belief system. Children should be
taught about them all and not that one is right and the others wrong. Schools should be prevented from having admission rules that favour
children from a particular background. Even some people who are intensely religious support this position because they have seen the
damage that such segregation does to societies.
This project seeks to extend secularity to morality. It does not deny that some of what religions say is part of mankind's store of
wisdom. It looks forward to those ideas being identified and expressed in a way that can help us all. It does, however, require that
such contributions are subjected to the same examination and testing as non-religious contributions and that they prove themselves
useful and shareable.
If you are happy with that then move on: