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Many of the proposals in the document, such as opposition to racism and weapons of mass destruction and support of strong human rights, are fairly uncontroversial, and its prescriptions that divorce and birth control should be legal and that technology can improve life are widely accepted today in the Western world. Furthermore, its proposal of an international court has since been implemented. However, in addition to its rejection of religion, various controversial stances are strongly supported, notably the right to abortion. The 120 signatories to the manifesto included the following:

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  • Many of the proposals in the document, such as opposition to racism and weapons of mass destruction and support of strong human rights, are fairly uncontroversial, and its prescriptions that divorce and birth control should be legal and that technology can improve life are widely accepted today in the Western world. Furthermore, its proposal of an international court has since been implemented. However, in addition to its rejection of religion, various controversial stances are strongly supported, notably the right to abortion. The 120 signatories to the manifesto included the following:
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  • Many of the proposals in the document, such as opposition to racism and weapons of mass destruction and support of strong human rights, are fairly uncontroversial, and its prescriptions that divorce and birth control should be legal and that technology can improve life are widely accepted today in the Western world. Furthermore, its proposal of an international court has since been implemented. However, in addition to its rejection of religion, various controversial stances are strongly supported, notably the right to abortion. Initially published with a small number of signatures, the document was circulated and gained thousands more, and indeed the AHA website encourages visitors to add their own name. A provision at the end that the signators do "not necessarily endors[e] every detail" of the document, but only its broad vision, no doubt helped many overcome reservations about attaching their name. One of the oft-quoted lines comes from this manifesto is, "No deity will save us; we must save ourselves." The Humanist Manifesto II first appeared in The Humanist September / October, 1973, when Paul Kurtz and Edwin H. Wilson were editor and editor emeritus respectively. The 120 signatories to the manifesto included the following: From Britain: * H. J. Blackham * Brigid Brophy * Francis Crick * H. J. Eysenck * Raymond Firth * Antony Flew * Hector Hawton * James Hemming * Margaret Knight * Ritchie Calder From the United States of America: * Isaac Asimov * Paul Edwards * Sidney Hook * Irving Horowitz * Corliss Lamont * B. F. Skinner * Bertram Wolfe From Yugoslavia * Svetozar Stojanovic From the USSR: * Andrei Sakharov
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