Blasphemy
AMENDMENT IN THE LAW PROMISED. DEPUTATION TO BRITISH PREMIER. By Cable— Press Association—Copyright liucciveil 27, 5.50 p.m. London, March 2(1, A deputation interviewed the Prejnier and urged the repeal of tile Masphemv law, stating that there had been more prosecutions in the last six years than in the preceding sixty. The law, they Baid, was used to gratify private malice. | While a Christian could use offensive language against other religions, a Free- ' thinker who attacked Christianity was imprisoned, Mr. Asquith replied that most of the statutes were obsolete, and agreed to introduce legislation.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 257, 28 March 1914, Page 5
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94Blasphemy Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 257, 28 March 1914, Page 5
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