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New Humanist Blog: Blasphemy law passed in Ireland

Posted by Margaret on Wednesday, Jul 8, 2009

Ireland goes backwards.

The Dil has just voted to make “blasphemous libel” a crime which carries a fine of up to €25,000, as part of the new Defamation Act.

Causing “outrage” will be a criminal offence.

It’s not that long since we scrapped the blasphemy law this side of the Irish Sea.

Wonder what would happen if Ireland’s freethinkers blasphemed en masse?

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