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Wed 03 Mar 2010Ahern to propose blasphemy amendment
THE MINISTER for Justice will propose to the Cabinet a constitutional amendment deleting the constitutional prohibition on blasphemy when the children’s rights amendment comes up, according to his spokesman.
The children’s rights amendment is set to be put to referendum in the autumn. A spokesman for Dermot Ahern told The Irish Timesthe Minister was prepared to go to the Cabinet with this proposal in the future, in the context of other amendments being proposed.
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