Blasphemy laws are an offense against free speech, and they're spreading
These blasphemy laws are spreading because they're popular. In democracies, majority rules.  And when the majority doesn't like what the minority has to say, they can use the government to force their way.<p>It's truly amazing how much the US bill of rights still helps protect individual rights, even in 2017.  Truly prescient writing which has impacted both law and culture.<p>It is disconcerting to me how the cultural element of free speech seems to be missing from the UC Berkeley and similar college populations.  I hope that the anti-speech movements we've seen at some liberal colleges is just a sign of students coming of age, and not their general attitude toward unpopular speech.