Atheists Challenge Irelands Blasphemy Law
Earlier this year we posted a short note about the silly blasphemy law that politicians in Ireland had passed, which went into effect January 1st.
Now, Atheist Ireland is challenging that law, in order to provoke court action.
An Irish atheist group has published a series of quotations on religion in an attempt to challenge a blasphemy law that went into effect on New Year’s Day.
The 25 “blasphemous” quotations include the words of Jesus, Mohammed, Mark Twain, Salman Rushdie and Bjork.
A person breaks the law by saying or publishing anything “grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion.”
Those found guilty of breaking the blasphemy law may try to defend themselves by proving that a reasonable person would find literary, artistic, political, scientific or academic value in what they said or published, the law says.
You can read the list of 25 quotations on the Atheist Ireland website.
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