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 »
"This law is a joke, made as a stopgap to please a few closed minded people. I cannot agree to it"
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"This is the 21st century - there is no place for "Blasphemy Laws"! :("
"This legislation is embarrassing for Ireland and dangerous for the world."
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"This law is a disgrace."
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"This can only be seen as an attempt to restrict free speech. It must be opposed. No man, woman or child should ever be forced to kowtow to the theist's superstitious ideal of "proper speech"."
"PES activists Dublin (personal capacity)"
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"When will these dark ages end, when certain people exploit other peoples superstitious befiefs, to control and make money."
"Freedom of Speech is basic right"
"You can't confine our speech!"
"ridiculous law!"
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"In this day and age, and if we consider ourselves to have freedom of speech, a law like this should not exist. Who does it serve? It is a step back and it seems like a law that would have been brought in, in more intolerant times. I thought we lived in a "
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"This law is offensive"
"It's sad that we still have such a law in the modern age. As an Irishman I am ashamed."
"God Loves Blasphemy!"
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