In a referendum held last Friday, voters in Ireland approved removal from Sec. 40.6.1 of the
Irish Constitution the language that makes blasphemy a crime. As reported by
BBC News, the vote was 64.85% voting in favor of decriminalizing blasphemy, and 35.15% against. The removal of the language from the Constitution permits the Oireachtas to amend or repeal
Sec. 36 of the Defamation Act of 2009 in order to eliminate blasphemy as a crime. (
Background on referendum). See
prior related posting.
[Thanks to Law & Religion UK for the lead.]