Free speech defender counters calls for censorship of blasphemy

A professor and a jurist are among those saying the right to free speech should not extend to blasphemy, but argues Greg Lukianoff of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, nearly everyone whether Protestant, Catholic or Jew would have run up against the establishment at some time in history.

To avoid oppression, it is important to defend the First Amendment and unpopular speech, says Lukianoff. -db

From a commentary in the Huffington Post, September 26, 2012, by Greg Lukianoff.

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