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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"The concept of god has no place anywhere near civilisation. The only reason religions are still around at all is that they hide a lot of the more insane/distasteful aspects of their belief system based on what society at large finds acceptable. This shows"
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"We can't allow our freedom of speech to be jeopardized. Our humanity is meant to evolve, its a natural progression. By doing this we are simply going backwards. Have we still not learned from the mistakes history has thought us?"
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"This is an anachronistic development!"
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"Repeal this law. It is not needed in this country and goes against freedom of speech. As has been mentioned, who does it serve? It seems to be specific to one religion. It makes no sense whatsoever. This country has many nationalities and religions so how"
"This "law" is just more proof that Ireland is going backwards instead of forwards."
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"In this day and age, what on earth possessed any rational person to think that this law would be a good idea?"
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