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Comment by vjack on December 9, 2009 at 12:38pm

Christian blogger wants to know why atheists bother to speak out against religion: http://maaadddog.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/methinks-atheists-doth-protest-too-much/

I left my answer. Maybe others would care to chime in?

Comment by vjack on October 7, 2009 at 6:01am

A law against blasphemy is certainly a threat to both free speech and reason. I'm not interested in seeing another Dark Ages.

Comment by Trance Gemini on July 13, 2009 at 6:34am

The Blasphemy Law doesn't surprise me. Look at the way they treated the victims after the "Inquiry". Quite shameless. And they're offering a pittance in compensation. They should refuse the compensation and sue the sorry asses off the Vatican.

It also wouldn't surprise me if this wasn't just one influence peddling attempt by the Vatican to muzzle the victims.

Comment by Kid on July 12, 2009 at 9:03pm

Exactly, Mr Black!

Comment by The Irreverent Mr Black on July 12, 2009 at 1:34am

@ Kid: "I smell a rat" -zinger!

Comment by Kid on July 11, 2009 at 9:25pm

Is anyone else here suspicious that this 'blasphemous libal' law has been enforced only weeks after the Ryan Report and its terrible findings of Catholic abuse of children in their care? Is it just me who finds this highly suspicious? Would there be any change that Ahern was under pressure from the Vatican to find ways of gagging anti-catholic, or just plain religious, criticism?

I don't know, but I smell a rat and it comes from Rome.

Comment by Shawn on July 11, 2009 at 6:10am

@Mr Black: Well, good on them! I know the good guys won't go down without a good (and properly mocking, lol) fight, but this is still just a ridiculous situation.

Comment by The Irreverent Mr Black on July 10, 2009 at 10:05pm

@ zack: the folks at Marshmallow Ladyboy Jesus are on the job: working out of Ireland, they intend to intentionally blaspheme across the spread of society and its beliefs, putting the ball back in the government's court, and they may just incidentally be rather funny. This one is a classic!

Comment by Shawn on July 10, 2009 at 9:54pm

@zack: What the fuck! That is the most ass-backward and terrifying thing I've heard in ages.

Comment by zack on July 10, 2009 at 8:20pm

No no no no no no no

http://www.palibandaily.com/2009/07/09/ireland-makes-blasphemy-illegal/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermot_Ahern

Ahern was appointed Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the 7 May 2008 by the new Taoiseach Brian Cowen
On the 29th of April 2009, Ahern proposed an amendment to the Defamation Bill adding the crime of blasphemy to the statute books.[2] This law passed on the 9th of July 2009.

NO!!!!!!!!! HOW THE FUCK DID THIS HAPPEN?

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