This is a follow up post to Atheist Group Breaks Blasphemy Law
There is an online interview with journalist Elaine Edwards from The Irish Times discussing the political and legal background to the new blasphemy laws in Ireland, and the response of Atheist Ireland.
One interesting detail is the the Minister of Justice has had the law framed in a way to make any prosecutions unlikely to succeed.
It’s about 8 minutes long and you need either Real Player or Windows Media Player.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2010/2784674.htm
Check the Atheist Ireland website for their list of 25 delicious blasphemous quotations from Jesus, Richard Dawkins, et al.
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