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Laws prohibiting blasphemy and blasphemous libel in the United Kingdom date back to the medieval times as common law and in some special cases as enacted legislation. The common law offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel were formally abolished in England and Wales in 2008 and Scotland in 2024. Equivalent laws remain in Northern Ireland.
Whitehouse v Lemon is a 1977 court case involving the blasphemy law in the United Kingdom. It was the last successful blasphemy trial in the UK. It was the last successful blasphemy trial in the UK. "The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name"
The common law offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel were abolished in England and Wales with the passage of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 [1] but the offences remain as part of the common law, criminal code, or criminal statute in various countries, states, territories, and legal jurisdictions.
The common law offence of blasphemy was repealed in 2008. The last person to be imprisoned for blasphemy in the UK was John William Gott in 1922, for comparing Jesus Christ to a clown. [18] The next blasphemy case was in 1977, when Mary Whitehouse brought a private prosecution (Whitehouse v.
Blasphemy remains an offence under the common law in Northern Ireland. [156] The 1989 film Visions of Ecstasy was the only film ever banned in the UK for blasphemy. Following the abolition of the blasphemy laws in England and Wales in 2008, the film was eventually classified by the BBFC for release as 18-rated in 2012.
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Blasphemy was proscribed speech in the U.S. until well into the 20th century. [7] Blasphemy laws were abolished in England and Wales in 2008, and in Ireland in 2020. Scotland repealed its blasphemy laws in 2021. Many other countries have abolished blasphemy laws including Denmark, the Netherlands, Iceland, Norway and New Zealand. [9]
“To slam the Sermon on the Mount as ‘liberal talking points’ is blasphemy and heresy,” said Clardy, an Episcopalian. Jesus a weakling? Hardly, according to Clardy.