Charlie Hebdo portrays god as terrorist, Vatican predictably upset about “blasphemy”
FFRF Attorney Andrew Seidel explains why the Vatican is wrong: religion has no right to be free from mockery or criticism. Ideas that resort to violence or cries of blasphemy to demand respect are not worthy of it.
We can and we must make fun of faith
“You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others.” So chided Pope Francis yesterday in Manila, speaking after the terrorist murders of the staff of the French satiric magazine, Charlie Hebdo. While claiming he wasn’t blaming the victims, that the violent attack wasn’t justified, that’s […]
Coward Donohue doesn’t understand liberty
Yesterday I slammed Bill Donohue of the Catholic League for blaming Charlie Hebdo’s journalists for being murdered. Now he’s doubled down and tried to alter his message at the same time. Even conservative religious mouthpieces, whom I rarely agree with, like Megyn Kelly of Fox News and Hugh Hewitt, are attacking Donohue. (I never thought I’d […]
Charlie Hebdo, Bill Donohue, and the freedom of thought
FFRF Staff Attorney slams the Catholic League’s Bill Donohue for defending the terrorists who murdered Charlie Hebdo staffers.