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The Last Blasphemy Court Case in the United States
When did that happen? The 1800s? Nope. The last trial dealing with a blasphemy law took place in 2009 in Pennsylvania, of all places. Learn more at this link:
https://www.aclupa.org/news/2010/07/01/court-strikes-down-pa-statute-forbidding-blasphemy-in-business-names
Court Strikes Down PA Statute Forbidding 'Blasphemy' In Business Names
July 01, 2010
PHILADELPHIA - The federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has struck down a Pennsylvania statute that forbids business names containing "words that constitute blasphemy, profane cursing or swearing or that profane the Lord's name."
In February 2009 the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit challenging the statute on behalf of George Kalman, a filmmaker from Downingtown whose application to register his film business under the name "I Choose Hell Productions LLC" was rejected by the Pennsylvania Corporations Bureau.
"We are pleased with the judge's opinion," said Mary Catherine Roper, staff attorney for the ACLU of Pennsylvania and one of Kalman's lawyers. "No one wins when the government gets involved in deciding who has the 'right' religious views."
July 01, 2010
PHILADELPHIA - The federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has struck down a Pennsylvania statute that forbids business names containing "words that constitute blasphemy, profane cursing or swearing or that profane the Lord's name."
In February 2009 the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit challenging the statute on behalf of George Kalman, a filmmaker from Downingtown whose application to register his film business under the name "I Choose Hell Productions LLC" was rejected by the Pennsylvania Corporations Bureau.
"We are pleased with the judge's opinion," said Mary Catherine Roper, staff attorney for the ACLU of Pennsylvania and one of Kalman's lawyers. "No one wins when the government gets involved in deciding who has the 'right' religious views."
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