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<p>[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 4980725, member: 109923"]I imagine the founding of the committee in 1847 had something to do with the Religious Disabilities Act 1846, which removed any remaining restrictions on Catholics, Non-Conformists and Jews. Most had already been removed in the Toleration Act 1688 and the Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813. (In fact, the Catholic Poor School Committee was formed by amalgamating 3 existing Catholic charities, so the support already existed).</p><p><br /></p><p>'Political correctness' has been around a long time in England, most obviously on tokens (which were privately made and often political). Some were anti-slavery (like 'Am I Not a Man & a Brother' from the 1790s, copied in the US in the 1830s); some were for freedom of speech:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196574[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Halfpenny Conder token, 1795, London (D&H Middlesex 301).</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This token celebrates Daniel Isaac Eaton, who was imprisoned for publishing seditious material, including Thomas Payne's <i>The Age of Reason</i>, which challenged institutionalised religion (i.e. the Church of England) and demanded religious toleration.</p><p><br /></p><p>People like the Deists had been arguing for religious toleration since 1695, when the Licensing of the Press Act 1662 expired and you could put such thoughts into print.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 4980725, member: 109923"]I imagine the founding of the committee in 1847 had something to do with the Religious Disabilities Act 1846, which removed any remaining restrictions on Catholics, Non-Conformists and Jews. Most had already been removed in the Toleration Act 1688 and the Doctrine of the Trinity Act 1813. (In fact, the Catholic Poor School Committee was formed by amalgamating 3 existing Catholic charities, so the support already existed). 'Political correctness' has been around a long time in England, most obviously on tokens (which were privately made and often political). Some were anti-slavery (like 'Am I Not a Man & a Brother' from the 1790s, copied in the US in the 1830s); some were for freedom of speech: [ATTACH=full]1196574[/ATTACH] [B]Halfpenny Conder token, 1795, London (D&H Middlesex 301).[/B] This token celebrates Daniel Isaac Eaton, who was imprisoned for publishing seditious material, including Thomas Payne's [I]The Age of Reason[/I], which challenged institutionalised religion (i.e. the Church of England) and demanded religious toleration. People like the Deists had been arguing for religious toleration since 1695, when the Licensing of the Press Act 1662 expired and you could put such thoughts into print.[/QUOTE]
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