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Repeal Irish Blasphemy Law Petition
On the 23rd of July 2009 the president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, signed a new Defamation Act into law. It includes a law against ‘blasphemy causing outrage’. The maximum fine is 100,000 euro.
This law amends one which was found in 1999 to be too vague to be enforced ‘in accordance with the law’.
The new specification seeks to make blasphemy punishable again. This petition is for the repeal of the law against blasphemy in Ireland, in line with the view taken by the holy see and the Irish government in international bodies such as the UN (Irish Times, May 2009).-
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I'm a musician, artist, nerd and web project manager from Dublin, Ireland. I created and run the webcomic Garfield Minus Garfield. It has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Rolling Stone Magazine and The Washington Post.
I also received a publishing deal and wrote Garfield Minus Garfield the book.
I also received a publishing deal and wrote Garfield Minus Garfield the book.
