I didn't even know Eire had a blasphemy law these days:
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I had to chuckle over the reason this law was re-invented in 2009. It was originally intended to protect the Catholic religion, but it was deemed unfair to other religions, so instead of ditching it altogether as an archaic and inappropriate law for modernity, they upgraded it to cover all religions.
Christopher Hitchens will be turning in his grave.
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I had to chuckle over the reason this law was re-invented in 2009. It was originally intended to protect the Catholic religion, but it was deemed unfair to other religions, so instead of ditching it altogether as an archaic and inappropriate law for modernity, they upgraded it to cover all religions.
Christopher Hitchens will be turning in his grave.
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