Posted by God Delusion on January 5th, 2010
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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.
Tags: free speech, Ireland, Personal Liberties
Category: Politics & Law, Seperation of Church & State
Posted by Formo-Mormo on July 23rd, 2009
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If you visit Ireland after October, you’d better watch what you say about God.
A blasphemous slip of the tongue could cost you 25,000 euros under revamped legislation that will soon be signed into law.
Blasphemy is an act of challenging or offending a religious belief.
Liberty takes a step back for the folks in Ireland. Not only does this threaten atheists, agnostics and the non-religious, but also anyone who values freedom of thought, freedom of speech, freedom of/from religion, and the separation of church and state.
Tags: free speech, Ireland, Personal Liberties
Category: Politics & Law, Seperation of Church & State
Posted by Magdalene on November 14th, 2008
What do you get when you mix one “religion” comprised of equal parts pet mummification, the real 7 commandments Moses didn’t quite make it down the hill with, and free speech advocacy with one usually-Mormon state who’s already had a little too much wacky PR for this year? You get: Summum versus Pleasant Grove, live at the Supreme Court!
Tags: free speech, Pleasant Grove, separation of church and state, Summum, Supreme Court, Utah
Category: Cults, Politics & Law, Seperation of Church & State
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