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May 6, 2017 No Comments Michael Nugent

Atheist Ireland welcomes police investigation into Stephen Fry for blasphemy

Atheist Ireland welcomes the police investigation into Stephen Fry for blasphemy. It highlights a law that is silly, silencing, and dangerous. It is a silly law because it suggests that the creator of the universe needs the Oireachtas to protect its feelings. It is a silencing law because many Irish ...

April 5, 2010 1 Comment Michael Nugent

New blasphemous art exhibition opens in Dublin

A new art exhibition titled Blasphemous opened (appropriately) on Good Friday in the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art (IMOCA) in Lad Lane, off Baggott Street, Dublin 2. It's the second art exhibition to highlight and challenge the new Irish blasphemy law, which became active on 1st January 2010. Since then, ...

February 9, 2010 2 Comments Michael Nugent

Blasphemy art exhibition in Dublin this month

A blasphemy art exhibition in Dublin during February is a direct response to the new Irish blasphemy law. It's a fascinating show, and well worth a visit. It is on in the Oonagh Young Gallery in James Joyce Street (formerly Corporation Street) off Talbot Street until Saturday 27 February, and ...

January 1, 2010 793 Comments Michael Nugent

Atheist Ireland Publishes 25 Blasphemous Quotes

From today, 1 January 2010, the new Irish blasphemy law becomes operational, and we begin our campaign to have it repealed. Blasphemy is now a crime punishable by a €25,000 fine. The new law defines blasphemy as publishing or uttering matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to ...

May 8, 2009 3 Comments Michael Nugent

Is God the Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction?

Publishing or saying this could be illegal in Ireland if the new blasphemy law is passed: "The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthristy ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, ...

May 8, 2009 No Comments Michael Nugent

Jesus Christ! The Musical – Jesus Will Survive

Publishing this could be illegal in Ireland if the new blasphemy law is passed.

May 7, 2009 2 Comments Michael Nugent

Muslims and Public Religious Outrage

Publishing or saying this could be illegal in Ireland if the new blasphemy law is passed: "Religious 'outrage' is an almost unknown phenomenon in our culture: but it is so common on the Islamic street that one often wonders: do Muslims know any other public mood? And whereas I can ...

May 7, 2009 No Comments Michael Nugent

Sarah Silverman – My Boyfriend is Catholic

Publishing or saying this could be illegal in Ireland if the new blasphemy law is passed.

May 6, 2009 1 Comment Michael Nugent

Monty Python – Every Sperm is Sacred

Publishing or performing this could be illegal in Ireland if the new blasphemy law is passed.

May 4, 2009 No Comments Michael Nugent

An Insane God who Requires Blood and Misery

Publishing or saying this could be illegal in Ireland if the new blasphemy law is passed: "But you notice that when the Lord God of Heaven and Earth, adored Father of Man, goes to war, there is no limit. He is totally without mercy -- he, who is called the ...