ShahdagMountains
Diamond Member
- Jan 16, 2012
- 14,255
- 16,637
- 2,278
The Oxford Union was founded as the United Debating Society, an independent forum for unrestricted debate by junior members of Oxford University in 1823. At the time, the university prohibited junior members from discussing certain issues, such as matters of theology. Although restrictions of speech within the university have since been lifted, the Oxford Union has remained separate from and independent of the university and is constitutionally bound to remain so.
