Atheist Ireland | January 2014

31/01/2014 Atheist Ireland

The Louise O’Keeffe judgment could begin the end of state-supported religious discrimination in Irish schools

This week’s European Court judgment in the Louise O’Keeffe case changes everything in the campaign for secular education in Ireland. The State was arguing that it was not responsible for protecting Louise O’Keeffe’s human rights while she was in school, because the State did not run the school directly. The ...

Protect our basic human rights by separating Church and State

Atheist Ireland has made a final submission to the Irish Constitutional Convention, asking its members to recommend a secular Constitution that respects equally the human rights of all citizens, regardless of our religious or nonreligious beliefs. The Convention members are meeting this weekend in Dublin to discuss Dail reform, and ...

Flawed blasphemy report would maintain religious privilege

The Irish Constitutional Convention has reported to the Government on the issue of blasphemy, which the Convention discussed last November. The report recommends that the offence of blasphemy is removed and replaced with a new general provision to include a prohibition on incitement to religious hatred. The report also recommends ...

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The Louise O’Keeffe judgment could begin the end of state-supported religious discrimination in Irish schools

Protect our basic human rights by separating Church and State

Flawed blasphemy report would maintain religious privilege

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