Social Democrats introduce Bills to safeguard freedom of speech by abolishing archaic blasphemy offence

The Social Democrats today publish draft laws to safeguard freedom of speech by abolishing the archaic offence of blasphemy. The two Private Members’ Bills will be introduced in the Dáil today by the party’s co-leader Róisín Shortall TD. One Bill provides for a referendum to repeal the blasphemy provision in the Constitution, while the other […]

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Social Democrats introduce Bills to strike out obsolete and offensive blasphemy offence

The Social Democrats will this week introduce draft legislation to remove the obsolete offence of blasphemy from the Constitution and the Statue Book. The party will on Wednesday bring forward two separate Private Members’ Bills to ensure that Ireland’s legal framework enshrines full respect for freedom of speech. The country’s outdated blasphemy laws recently sparked […]

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