Betul tetapi sudah tidak dienforce karena bertentangan dg free speech. --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, "ariel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com, jano ko <ko_jano@> wrote: > > > Blasphemy Law sudah dan juga merupakan bagian dari Hukum Negara > Amerika, jadi saya kira pendapat anda kurang tepat yaitu pendapat anda > yang berbunyi "tidak lolos voting", lha wong Blasphemy Law itu sudah > eksis di Amerika. > > > > Saya kemarin membuat teka-teka untuk Bung Dana tentang "Section > 36" tersebut, tebakan anda belum tepat karena anda menilai "Section > 36" itu milik Singapura, padahal itu merupakan bagian dari hukum Amerika. > > > > ----- > > > > Chapter 272: Section 36. Blasphemy > > > > Section 36. Whoever wilfully blasphemes the holy name of God by > denying, cursing or contumeliously reproaching God, his creation, > government or final judging of the world, or by cursing or > contumeliously reproaching Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, or by > cursing or contumeliously reproaching or exposing to contempt and > ridicule, the holy word of God contained in the holy scriptures shall > be punished by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year or by a > fine of not more than three hundred dollars, and may also be bound to > good behavior. > > > > ----- > > > tambahan dari situs wikipedia dimana hal ini dikutip > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy). Ini adalah hukum negara > bagian Massachusetts (Chapter 272 of the Massachusetts General Laws > states) ada tambahan keterangan sebagai berikut : The LAST person to > be jailed in the United States for blasphemy was Abner Kneeland in > 1838, as decided by the Massachusetts case Commonwealth v. Kneeland. > > selanjutnya ada keterangan : > > The US Supreme Court in Joseph Burstyn, Inc v. Wilson 1952 held that > the New York State blasphemy law was an unconstitutional prior > restraint on freedom of speech. The court stated that "It is not the > BUSSINES OF GOVERNMENT in our nation to suppress real or imagined > attacks upon a particular religious doctrine, whether they appear in > publications, speeches or motion pictures." > > In the United States, the First Amendment guarantees a relatively > unlimited right of free speech. > > > salam, > -ariel- >
