Humanist Society of NZ Archives - Heather's Homilies https://www.heatherhastie.com/tag/humanist-society-of-nz/ My take on our world Tue, 05 Mar 2019 23:03:10 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.heatherhastie.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-tweetkiwi-512px-32x32.png Humanist Society of NZ Archives - Heather's Homilies https://www.heatherhastie.com/tag/humanist-society-of-nz/ 32 32 New Zealand’s Blasphemy Law Must be Abolished https://www.heatherhastie.com/abolish-new-zealands-blasphemy-law-must-be-abolished/ https://www.heatherhastie.com/abolish-new-zealands-blasphemy-law-must-be-abolished/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:38:45 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=419 According to Wikipedia: Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God, to religious or holy persons or things, or toward something considered sacred or inviolable. Blasphemy laws, therefore, are designed to protect religion (usually the dominant religion of a country) from criticism. They make the ideas of religion […]

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