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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"Please legislate or submit to referenda this anachronistic and vapid piece of legislation."
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"Ignorant atavism over a hard won possibility for progress. How embarrassing, and pernicious! And even more so, a dangerous precedent, to protect theocracy and discriminate between our country's citizens above cultivating liberty and democracy. This must e"
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"This law is an affront to freedom of speech, and is imitating the most negative stereotypes of those it purports to protect."
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"Welcome to 1900s Ireland..."
"This law is regressive and dangerous and is the lazy solution to the problem of the Constitutional provision. There should be a referendum on this to delete the provision. Hold it in tandem with the long-overdue referendum on Children's Rights."
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