What is Michael X. Mockus?
{{Infobox person | name =Michael X. Mockus | image =Michael X. Mockus in 1917.jpg | caption =Mockus in 1917 | birth_name = Mykolas Ksaveras Mockevičius | birth_date = {{Birth date|1864|10|26}} | birth_place = [[Ramanavas]], [[Lazdijai District]], [[Lithuania]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1939|10|23|1864|10|26}} | death_place =[[Oak Forest, Illinois]] | death_cause = | resting_place = | known_for =[[Blasphemy]] | education = | employer = | occupation = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = }} '''Michael X. Mockus''' (October 26, 1864 – October 23, 1939) was a [[Lithuanian Americans|Lithuanian-American]] [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] minister. Mockus is remembered for having been convicted in nationally publicized trials for having violated Connecticut and Maine state laws prohibiting [[blasphemy]] by challenging [[Orthodoxy|orthodox]] religious beliefs. ==Biography== Mockus was born on October 26, 1864 in Lithuania. In 1916 he was charged with [[blasphemy]] in [[Waterbury, Connecticut]].<ref name=constitution/> In 1917 he gave a series of lectures in [[Maine]] and was arrested and found guilty of blasphemy. The [[Supreme Judicial Court of Maine]] did not overturn his conviction.<ref name=atlantic/> ==Connecticut== In 1916, Mockus gave a lecture to the Lithuanian Freethought Association in [[Waterbury, Connecticut]] in the [[Lithuanian language]].<ref name=verbal>{{cite book |author=[[Leonard Williams Levy]] |title=Blasphemy: Verbal Offense Against the Sacred, from Moses to Salman Rushdie |year=1995 |publisher=[[UNC Press Books]] |isbn=9780807845158 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zZu63qz85nsC&dq=Mockus+blasphemy&pg=PA513 }}</ref> He was charged with blasphemy under the 1821 affirmation of the 1642 blasphemy law. He was the first person convicted under the law and was sentenced to 10 days imprisonment. He had [[Theodore Schroeder]] of the [[Free Speech League]] as his attorney.<ref name=constitution>{{cite