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Ahern proposes blasphemy law
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April 29th, 2009UncategorizedA crime of blasphemous libel is to be proposed in an amendment to the Defamation Bill, the Irish Times reports today:
Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern proposes to insert a new section into the Defamation Bill, stating: “A person who publishes or utters blasphemous matter shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding €100,000.”“Blasphemous matter” is defined as matter “that is 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; and he or she intends, by the publication of the matter concerned, to cause such outrage.”
Tags: Irish defamation bill
6 Responses to “Ahern proposes blasphemy law”
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ah for Gods sake….
Oh Christ
am I in trouble for this…. ?! -
Ciaran
Fuck the pope! Sorry, I just have a lot to get out of my system before this becomes law.
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Fuck this retarded government….
the country going down the shitter under cowens fat ass and they have nothing better to do than try convict a talented artist having a laugh (with the rest of the country), and persecute any intelligent heathen. The nazi regime seems to be in this season. -
This law is a joke and will be totally unenforceable.
Atheist Ireland (www.athiest.ie) will hopefully be able to organise some opposition. -
Paul Neilan
Is this a wind-up? Blaspheme and you could be stuck with €100K fine? For God’s sake. Eff Kermit Ahern up the arse. Hope it isn’t retrospective now. How open to abuse is this anyway. Blasphemy is going to be defined by the offended parties. Total rubbish.
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Hope this new law applies to the FFers as it must be blasphemous to create jobs for the boys, i.e. junior ministers.
