Repeal Blasphemy Law
On the 23rd of July 2009 the president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, signed a new Defamation Act into law. It includes a law against 'blasphemy causing outrage'. The maximum fine is 100,000 euro.This law... continue reading »
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"As a person who has read the religious texts of many religions and found them all to be absurd paranoid drivel. I find this law offensive to basic human intelligence and decency."
"with laws like this ireland cannot legitimately call itself a republic"
"State secularism is long overdue. It's a shambles we're still trying to protect this part of the Constitution."
"The only way to enforce this law is to arrest all preists and imams, because everything they say is blasphemy to somebody else."
"We have the right to free speech regardless of it's context!!"
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"what a bloody joke this country has become."
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"A law which protects ideas, rather than people? Come on, what century are we living in here?"
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"No comment lest I be prosecuted for Blasphemy"
"This Law, if passed, would be a retardation of everything progressive people in this country have fought for, for generations. It's a backwards step, something I never thought I'd see."
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"This law goes against free speech"
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"What are we becoming??"
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"This law is a disgrace, please repeal it."
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