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Denmark scrapping blasphemy law this week
May 31st, 2017 8:51 am| by Christian W
A 151-year-old law that criminalises blasphemy is on the chopping block this week thanks to a parliamentary majority.
Government-party Venstre has changed its stance on the issue and the contentious law – which has only resulted in very few cases in Danish judicial history – is now set to be repealed.
“This should have been done a long time ago, but it’s great that it’s happening now,” Bruno Jerup, Enhedslisten party’s spokesperson on church issues, told DR Nyheder.
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Rest of the article: http://cphpost.dk/news/denmark-scrapping-blasphemy-law-this-week.html
Something very much less rotten in the state of Denmark, I'd say.
