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Ireland's Blasphemy Law Goes Into Effect

Posted by Soulskill on from the joe-pesci-is-angry dept.

stereoroid writes "As of January 1, it is a crime in Ireland to commit Blasphemy. The law was changed in July 2009 to fill a gap in the Irish Constitution, which states that it is a crime but does not define what it is, an omission highlighted in a Supreme Court decision in 1999. To mark the occasion, Atheist Ireland published a list of 25 blasphemous quotations on the blasphemy.ie website, from such controversial figures as Bjork, Frank Zappa, Richard Dawkins, Randy Newman, and Pope Benedict XVI. (The last-mentioned was quoting a 14th Century Byzantine Emperor, but that's no excuse.)"

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  1. I blaspheme by eclectro · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How exactly is this "news for nerds" again, and not "news for atheists?"

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  2. Re:Atheists Unite... as a religion by millennial · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Flamebait? Really? OP makes a bunch of assertions without defending them, I call his bluff, and I'm marked flamebait. Awesome. Unless, of course, it was for misspelling 'ought'. I blame that on tainted coffee beans.

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  3. Re:Only the view of a theist. by trapnest · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I was asking for a citation from the bible as you claimed. Unless the catholics have another "holy book" (and I wouldn't be supprised.)

  4. They should be kicked out of the EU by Snaller · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There are enough primitives there already, we don't need more who believe in unprovable supernatural beings.

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