Massachusetts paper publishes FFRF op-ed urging blasphemy law repeal

Massachusetts paper publishes FFRF op-ed urging blasphemy law repeal

FFRF Regional Government Affairs Manager Mickey Dollens has been given space in the Massachusetts newspaper Telegram & Gazette to urge the repeal of an archaic anti-blasphemy law. “Until 1697, [blasphemy] was punishable by death, and later by branding the blasphemer’s tongue with a hot iron,” Dollens writes. “To this day, you can still be fined $300 or jailed for up to a year for ‘willfully blaspheming the holy name of God.’” Dollens details the…