Sentences with phrase «narrow blasphemy law»
A narrow Blasphemy law offends the idea of separation of church and state because it makes the government the ultimate determiner of what the doctrines of the nation's official religion says and allows a government to have an official religion.
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In R (on the application of Green) v The City of Westminster Magistrates» Court [2007] EWHC 2785 (Admin)(05 December 2007)(blogged here), a Divisional Court of the English High Court held that only a very narrow version of the common law crime of blasphemy is compatible with Article 10, and found that Jerry Springer — The Opera was not blasphemous.