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	<title>Religion News Blog &#187; Blasphemy</title>
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		<title>Taking aim at God on &#8216;Blasphemy Day&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Blasphemy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23727"><img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/blasphemy.jpg" alt="Blasphemy Day" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Blasmphemy Day"></a> Outraged by nations that want to execute blasphemers and propelled by a deep belief in the freedom of expression, Lindsay is forging ahead with his "nothing is sacred" movement.<br /><br />Wednesday marks the first organized observance of Blasphemy Day, a series of events, exhibits and lectures unfolding in a host of mostly North American cities that are part of a larger Campaign for Free Expression.]]></description>
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		<title>Blasphemy law ditched by the Dutch</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22892"><img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/dutch-flag.jpg" alt="Netherlands flag" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Netherlands flag"></a> A controversial anti-blasphemy law is being scrapped by the Dutch government.</strong>
<br /><br />
In scrapping the law the cabinet is meeting the demand of parliament where a majority of parties argued that offering religious groups an extra layer of legal protection is outdated.
<br /><br />
As an alternative the cabinet is now seeking to strengthen anti-discrimination laws against groups whatever their background, thus taking the religious component out of the equation.]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: boy charged for wearing t-shirt degrading Jesus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Blasphemy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21696/"><img src="/graphicspics/tshirt.jpg" alt="T-shirt" width="91" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;"></a> The boy, 16, was stopped by police in Biggera Waters after he was spotted wearing a t-shirt which claims "Jesus is a (expletive deleted)" and depicts a nun masturbating.
<br /><br />
It is a t-shirt for English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth.]]></description>
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		<title>Chocolate Jesus Resurrected In New York City</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["My Sweet Lord," an anatomically correct milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ that infuriated Catholics before its April unveiling was canceled, returns Oct. 27 to a Chelsea art gallery, its creator said Tuesday. This time, artist Cosimo Cavallaro said he expects the public exhibit to proceed without a problem.]]></description>
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		<title>Chocolate Jesus exhibition canceled after Catholics protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A planned Holy Week exhibition of a nude, anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ was canceled Friday after Cardinal Edward Egan and other outraged Catholics complained.]]></description>
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		<title>Beliefwatch: Blasphemy</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16995/beliefwatch-blasphemy</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Atheism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Blasphemy Challenge is a joint project of filmmaker Brian Flemming, director of the antireligion documentary The God Who Wasn't There, and Brian Sapient, cofounder of the atheist Web site RationalResponders.com.]]></description>
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		<title>Greek ban lifted on hippie Jesus book</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10942/greek-ban-lifted-on-hippie-jesus-book</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS &#8212; An appeals court yesterday overturned the conviction of Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer for blasphemy over a comic book portraying Jesus as a marijuana-smoking hippie. Haderer, 54, was given a six-month suspended prison sentence in January for &#8220;maliciously insulting the Orthodox Church,&#8221; and his book The Life of Jesus was banned in Greece &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus as a drunkard, naked surfer?</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10941/jesus-as-a-drunkard-naked-surfer</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Greek court will rule on Wednesday whether to allow sales of a cartoon book from Austria depicting Jesus Christ as a drinking buddy of Jimi Hendrix and a marijuana-smoking, naked surfer.
Cartoonist Gerhard Haderer was found guilty by a Greek court of &#8220;malicious public blasphemy&#8221; this year and received a six-month suspended prison sentence for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cartoonist faces Greek jail for blasphemy</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10943/cartoonist-faces-greek-jail-for-blasphemy</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10943/cartoonist-faces-greek-jail-for-blasphemy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He meant it as a piece of religious satire, a playful look at the life of Jesus. But Gerhard Haderer&#8217;s depiction of Christ as a binge-drinking friend of Jimi Hendrix and naked surfer high on cannabis has caused a furore that could potentially land the cartoonist in jail.
Haderer did not even know that his book, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No action on &#8216;gay Jesus&#8217; &#8211; police</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/9684/no-action-on-gay-jesus-police</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/9684/no-action-on-gay-jesus-police#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2004 21:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police investigating a controversial theatre production which depicts Jesus as homosexual have said they will be taking no further action at the moment.
Christian Voice has labelled Corpus Christi, now playing in St Andrews, a &#8220;hate-filled mockery&#8221;.
A member of the prayer group lodged a complaint of blasphemy with Fife police after walking out of the play [...]]]></description>
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