Let's challenge the new blasphemy law that denies us our fundamental human rights

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As of 1st January 2010 the Irish government brought into force a new blasphemy law, punishable by a fine of up to 25,000 euro.
Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern justified this irrational action by arguing that while immigration has brought a growing diversity of religious faiths to Ireland, the 1936 constitution extended the protection of beliefs only to Christians. (Guardian Online)
This new blasphemy law goes against our civil rights and denies us the gift of freedom of speech. Let's make a stand now and show our support for a secular, modern and equal republic.

1781 Signatures

  • Keith Reid
  • owenson robert
  • Richard Morton
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    • Dermot Ahern's law is an unworkable joke and makes I reland an International laughing stock.
  • Matthew Bent
    • Comments
    • freedom of speech ! seperate church and state
  • William Chester
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    • Given the past history of the Catholic church in regards to the predatory paedophiles within, surely consideration towards banning forever the church from Irelands` shores, should be of more importance."`Twas ever an abomination, the practice of religion." ;) After all, Ireland was here billions of years before any of the prophets.
  • daragh o flaherty
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    • there is a great danger in this country that the catholic church is about to replaced by another religion. I will continue to discriminate against all the delusioned.
  • grace ryan
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    • This law is an embarassment to contemporary Ireland
  • brendan maher
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    • Its ludicrous that a Justice Minister in this Republic should take a backward step and be let get away with introducing a blasphemy law which limits the free speech of all Irish people!
  • Thawnya Spurling
  • Daniel McGill
  • Helen O'Shea
  • Conor Ryan
  • Aideen Lynch
  • Joshua Zeitlin
  • Daniel Keenaghan
  • Jesus Christ
  • C. Pereira
    • Comments
    • It is blasphemy against all other gods and religions for the imagined Catholic god to state as in text that he is the only true god and all other gods and religions are false (see First Commandment). It is also universally and vindictively blasphamous for all Catholics to so affirm in text or verbally. For this law to be justly applied, all Catholics should be justly criminalized and fined on a daily basis until such ideas are strickenned from all texts and verbal statements, unless it can substantiated as absolute truth. I believe this god of Catholics is an imaginary evil, for this fantasy of his supremacy has instigated the slaughter humanity for no good reason but the unsubstantiated and devious claim of "salvation" and "afterlife" through the empowerment of a political and coersive Roman Catholic Church. It is my opinion that all Christians, Muslims and Jews should be criminalized for promoting, supporting or upholding the butchery of humanity in the name of such evil deities.
  • Stephen Brady
  • Daniel Breslin
  • Freddie Hoskin
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    • As always the law shall not deter me from doing somthing I belive to be ethical
  • Charles Peterka
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    • Freedom of Speech must prevail.
  • Albert Jan Harkema
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    • stop those fantasyreligions
  • Pietro Navetta
  • Michael Nugent
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    • Thank you for starting this petition. Blasphemy is a victimless crime, and has no place in a modern secular republic.
  • MICHAEL JONES
  • Davenport
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  • Paul Allen
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    • Wind yer necks in!
  • Kat Cooper
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    • This blasphemy law is absolutely ridiculous. Freedom of ALL forms of speech!
  • Hannah Nicklin
  • Robbie Bonham
  • Paul Mullen
  • Orlaith Finnegan
  • Stephen Hanafin
    • Comments
    • They should have had a referendum to remove references to blasphemy from the constitution instead of implementing this ridiculous law from the dark ages.
  • john mortell
  • Nicolas Redfern
  • David McKeegan
    • Comments
    • This law is not just bad for Ireland, it is bad for the world.
  • Billy O'Donovan
  • Veronica Walsh
  • Liam Duffy
  • Katherine Clark
  • Niall Stanage
  • Chris Parker
  • David Garrahy
  • Dec
  • Mountain
    • Comments
    • His brother Bertie is also a proud Chritian: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/i-put-my-faith-in-bertie-ahern-----i-couldnt-have--been-more-wrong-1840157.html
  • Catherine Riordan
  • Pete Knight
    • Comments
    • Stop the lunacy law
  • Niamh Doyle
  • Brian Lloyd
  • Pam Kearney
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    • It's time for this outdated thinking to stop.