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Related: About this forumIreland to hold referendum on blasphemy law
Atheist Ireland welcomes the announcement today by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, that our campaign for a referendum on blasphemy has been successful. There will be a referendum on the blasphemy provision within the Irish Constitution during October of 2018 and Atheist Ireland will be campaigning strongly to reform, update and modernise Article 40.6.1(i). This is one part of the continued lobbying by Atheist Ireland to secularise the Irish Constitution.
http://www.blasphemy.ie/2017/09/27/referendum-on-blasphemy/
http://www.blasphemy.ie/2017/09/27/referendum-on-blasphemy/
The law:
(1) A person who publishes or utters blasphemous matter shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding 25,000.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a person publishes or utters blasphemous matter if
(a) he or she publishes or utters matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion, and
(b) he or she intends, by the publication or utterance of the matter concerned, to cause such outrage.
(3) It shall be a defence to proceedings for an offence under this section for the defendant to prove that a reasonable person would find genuine literary, artistic, political, scientific, or academic value in the matter to which the offence relates.
(4) In this section religion does not include an organisation or cult
(a) the principal object of which is the making of profit, or
(b) that employs oppressive psychological manipulation
(i) of its followers, or
(ii) for the purpose of gaining new followers.
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/at-last-ireland-to-have-a-referendum-on-its-blasphemy-law/
(2) For the purposes of this section, a person publishes or utters blasphemous matter if
(a) he or she publishes or utters matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among a substantial number of the adherents of that religion, and
(b) he or she intends, by the publication or utterance of the matter concerned, to cause such outrage.
(3) It shall be a defence to proceedings for an offence under this section for the defendant to prove that a reasonable person would find genuine literary, artistic, political, scientific, or academic value in the matter to which the offence relates.
(4) In this section religion does not include an organisation or cult
(a) the principal object of which is the making of profit, or
(b) that employs oppressive psychological manipulation
(i) of its followers, or
(ii) for the purpose of gaining new followers.
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/at-last-ireland-to-have-a-referendum-on-its-blasphemy-law/
They announced a raft of referenda coming soon, including abortion and "the womans life within the home", which is covered by a clause in their constitution.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/revealed-timeline-for-the-seven-referendums-youll-be-voting-in-over-the-next-two-years-36170741.html
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/irish-abortion-referendum-due-to-be-held-next-summer-leo-varadkar-announces-36171266.html
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Ireland to hold referendum on blasphemy law (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2017
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guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)1. Calisse!!!
Francophone blasphemy. My one grandfather liked this one. He also liked tabernac.
Cartoonist
(7,326 posts)2. thereby causing outrage
Awwwww!
muriel_volestrangler
(101,414 posts)3. Some more on women's "life within the home":
Article 41.2 of the Constitution
Historical context
A commitment to the ideal of separate spheres, premised on the complementarity of gender roles
and a presumption of natural sex differences between women and men is given legal recognition in
the language of Article 41.2.
The inclusion of the reference to womens role in the home in the Constitution reflects the influence
of Catholic social teaching. In his comments on a draft text of the Constitution, Archbishop John
Charles McQuaid noted that:
https://www.constitution.ie/AttachmentDownload.ashx?mid=ee219062-2178-e211-a5a0-005056a32ee4
41.2.1° In particular, the State recognises that by her life within the home, woman gives to
the State a support without which the common good cannot be achieved.
41.2.2° The State shall, therefore, endeavour to ensure that mothers shall not be obliged by
economic necessity to engage in labour to the neglect of their duties in the home.
Historical context
A commitment to the ideal of separate spheres, premised on the complementarity of gender roles
and a presumption of natural sex differences between women and men is given legal recognition in
the language of Article 41.2.
The inclusion of the reference to womens role in the home in the Constitution reflects the influence
of Catholic social teaching. In his comments on a draft text of the Constitution, Archbishop John
Charles McQuaid noted that:
Nothing will change in law and fact of nature that womans natural sphere is in the home.[
Rights of Women.
https://www.constitution.ie/AttachmentDownload.ashx?mid=ee219062-2178-e211-a5a0-005056a32ee4