What the history of blasphemy laws in the US and the fight for religious freedom can teach us today
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from The Conversation1 week ago
The history of U.S. blasphemy laws highlights a complex struggle for the freedom of religion and speech, reflecting a past that limited religious protections to Christians.
The Conversationhttps://theconversation.com/what-the-history-of-blasphemy-laws-in-the-us-and-the-fight-for-religious-freedom-can-teach-us-today-238173
U.S. colonies often established blasphemy laws primarily to protect Christian practices, neglecting non-Christians, as noted in Maryland's Toleration Act of 1649.
The Conversationhttps://theconversation.com/what-the-history-of-blasphemy-laws-in-the-us-and-the-fight-for-religious-freedom-can-teach-us-today-238173
The heart of blasphemy trials, like People v. Ruggles, focused on the tension between freedom of religious expression and the perceived need to protect majority beliefs.
The Conversationhttps://theconversation.com/what-the-history-of-blasphemy-laws-in-the-us-and-the-fight-for-religious-freedom-can-teach-us-today-238173
Even after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1952 that blasphemy acts as protected speech, the application of this protection remained inconsistent and contentious.
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