U.N. Blasphemy Ban Called Threat to Free Speech, Church-State Separation

An Atheist civil rights group condemned Friday's passage at the United Nations of a proposal for a global ban on "defaming" religion. "This proposal amounts to an international 'blasphemy' statute, and punishes those exercising a right to question and criticize religious superstition," said Ellen Johnson, president of American Atheists



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