Thermodolia wrote:Alvecia wrote:That what the referendum is for I suppose.
It'll be nice to see Ireland not pop up on those fancy map graphics that label "Countries with existing Blasphemy laws".
I suppose the only potential ways this might fail are if everyone who wants to get rid of it doesn't bother to vote because they assume it'll be gotten rid of.
So that prompted me to look up which nations have blasphemy laws.
Canada, Italy, Ireland, Finland, and Austria all fine you for blasphemy.
The UK and Australia have sub national blasphemy laws but no national law.
And Germany and Poland both have prison sentences for blasphemy. The German law has been used frequently in the past few years
Kinda scary and shocking that blasphemy laws are still on the books in supposedly progressive nations.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law
I suspect many would be in similar situations as Ireland is currently.
Italy is the one there that doesn't surprise me given it's proximity to the Vatican.