Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Irish atheists challenge idiotic blasphemy law

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The Irish government recently enacted a new law which makes statements of what it deems blasphemy punishable by a fine of up to 25,000 pounds (about $50,000). Atheist Ireland isn’t about to take this nonsense lying down, and have published 25 blasphemous statements on their website. They’ve also stated that “medieval religious laws have no place in a modern secular republic, where the criminal law should protect people and not ideas.” I couldn’t agree more.

Warren Frey is a journalist, freelance writer, podcaster, video producer, and all-around media consultant currently based in Vancouver, Canada. His written work has appeared in such publications as Metro Vancouver, the Westender, Mac | Life and the Japan Times.

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