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Originally Posted by deepimpact2
Now you are grasping at straws. That's a very weak argument. If the laws are already on the books then no one WOULD be making them because they were already made.
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But you gave them, in your words, as examples of
making such laws. Apparently, you don't agree with yourself.
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Originally Posted by deepimpact2
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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Could you please explain what "blasphemy laws" are?
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I would like to know that one as well.  |
Many states used to have blasphemy laws on on the books, like this one from the 1800s in Maryland:
If any person, by writing or speaking, shall blaspheme or curse God, or shall write or utter any profane words of and concerning our Saviour, Jesus Christ, or of and concerning the Trinity, or any of the persons thereof, he shall, on conviction, be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both fined and imprisoned as aforesaid, at the discretion of the court.
Such laws have long been considered unconstitutional; SCOTUS struck down New York's in the 1950s. But there may be some on the books still somewhere, like apparently Pennsylvania, where in 2007 the state would not allow someone to incorporate "I Choose Hell Productions" because the name violated the commonwealth's blasphemy law. (NYTimes article
here.)