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To: annalex
No, they would also need to show that I blaspheme rather than criticize.

Judges are wholly incapable (and Constitutionally prohibited) of determining religious issues.

The mere fear of being charged with blasphemy would stifle speech. Advocacy groups for various interests would use your laws to pretty much shut down politically incorrect speech.

350 posted on 01/26/2005 1:09:29 PM PST by Modernman (What is moral is what you feel good after. - Ernest Hemingway)
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To: Modernman
Well, if a judge is incapable of rendering justice then the problem is with the judge, not with the law. There is Canon law that is capable of addressing blasphemy, and there are experts from the realm of the church that can testify in front of a secular judge.

I agree that this society is sick and no rational lawmaking is possible in it. Yes, advocacy groups for the militant left play it like a fiddle. I am yet to see a Christian interest upheld in any measure by today's courts. If I saw anti-Christian speech being stifled on the grounds of blasphemy, -- or really on any grounds, -- I'd share your concerns.

354 posted on 01/26/2005 1:18:20 PM PST by annalex
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