[Marxism] Opposing Blasphemy laws

[socialismor barbarism <socialismorb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

New blasphemy law must be
opposed<http://revolutionaryireland.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-blasphemy-law-must-be-opposed.html>
 It is shameful that so many nationalist radicals affect a concern for the
de Valera constitution of 1937 simply because of the presence of articles 2
and 3 which reiterated that Ireland's territorial integrity extended to all
thirty-two counties. Now that's gone, there's even less reason to profess
allegiance to the constitution.

The 1937 Constitution represented a perversion of the hopes of the
revolutionary hopes of those who followed Connolly and who stood up for
Irish freedom and socialism. Indeed, the verbalised territorial claim belied
the fact that the publication of the constitution effectively admitted
defeat to the partitionist agenda and concretised the southern reactionary
state born of partition.

The constitution also ensconced the dominant role and authority of the
Catholic church in Irish society, it reinforced the domination of women,
made abortion illegal, forbid divorce, set out a preference for the
'traditional' family and legalised discrimination, and even worse
criminalisation, of gays and lesbians.

full at:
http://revolutionaryireland.blogspot.com
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