Stephen Fry case sparked Ireland's blasphemy referendum

[arista]

https://news.sky.com/story/how-stephen-fry-case-sparked-irelands-blasphemy-referendum-11534413
[How Stephen Fry case sparked
Ireland's blasphemy referendum
Voters are being asked whether
they want to remove the word blasphemous
from the constitution - and polls suggest they will.]


https://news.sky.com/story/blasphemy-poll-result-a-step-toward-21st-century-republic-11538101

[Ireland's vote to remove the offence of blasphemy from the constitution
has been hailed as a step towards reforming the country's society.
Some 65% of those who voted backed the move during a referendum
held alongside Friday's presidential election.]



It's about time
Ireland changed that old law.

[Niamh.]

And congrats to Miggeldy Higgins too [emoji320][emoji322]

But yeah I'm not sure credit is due to Stephen fry tbd, as much as I like him, the constitution has been getting a lot if updates lately

[Northern Monkey]

There’s no need for blasphemy laws is there.
If god is real then he will deal out the necessary punishment when you croak it.

[Maru]

Blasphemy...

[Matthew.]

i didn’t even realise it was still illegal in Ireland