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From: mrh@cybvax0.UUCP (Mike Huybensz)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc,net.religion.christian
Subject: Blasphemy still illegal in Massachesetts?
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Date: Mon, 22-Sep-86 12:00:07 EDT
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According to today's Boston Globe:

"Chapter 272, Section 36, of the Massachusetts General Laws sets a fine
of $300 or 1 year in prison for 'whoever wilfully blasphemes the holy name
of god by denying, cursing, or contumeliously reproaching God, his creation,
government, or final judging of the world, or by cursing or contumeliously
reproaching Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, or by cursing or contumeliously
reproaching or exposing to contempt or ridicule the holy word of God
contained in the Holy scriptures.'

If this law is indeed still in effect, then I encourage one and all to
openly violate this unconstitutional and unenforceable law until Christians
are embarassed enough to have it repealed.
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"To save the world requires faith and courage: faith in reason, and courage
to proclaim what reason shows to be true."
	Bertrand Russell in "The Prospects of Industrial Civilization".
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