LINK Scotland Has Finally Abolished Its Centuries-Old Blasphemy Law | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos
At long last, Scotland has gotten rid of its blasphemy law as part of a larger Hate Crimes bill that had its final vote this week in Parliament.
While almost never enforced, the part of the law declaring blasphemy a “crime” has now been abolished. It had been in the books for centuries. An 1825 act said blasphemy was punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both, though no one had been prosecuted for it since 1843.
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