Able Quote by Ian O'Doherty

“One of the many problems with the concept of protecting religion from defamation is that ideas (including religious ideas) cannot be defamed—only people can…

— Dave Niose

It is immoral to brand children with religion. 'This is a Catholic child.' 'That is a Muslim child.' I want everyone to flinch when…

— Richard Dawkins

It is iniquitous, unjust, and most impolitic to persecute for religion's sake. It is against natural religion, revealed religion, and sound policy.

— William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

More people need to understand the games secular liberals play. Here's one rule-of-thumb: No matter how bad a story sounds - particularly if it…

— Marvin Olasky

There should be resolutions adopted in top international institutions, which are binding on all states and governments in the world, to forbid the defamation…

— Hassan Nasrallah

“...free-associative sexual libel...is typical of the impulses of religious authoritarians to demonize all heretics by attributing to them every manner of outrage that a…

— Jonathan Kirsch

... religious insults are considered acceptable even by those who decry slurs about race, ethnicity, and gender. Religious people seem to deserve such treatment.

— William Murchison

There are so many exceptions to free speech: child pornography, cross burning, libel, fighting words.

— Cliff Stearns

While even pornography is protected as free speech, the courts have consciously undermined religious speech and freedom of religion for years.

— Ernest Istook

“You can't fight mental health bias if you label people based on a lists of symptoms and you have no medical degree to diagnose…

— Shannon L. Alder

For the moral attitudes of a people that is supported by religion need always aim at preserving and promoting the sanity and vitality of…

— Albert Einstein

Keeping religion immune from criticism is both unwarranted and dangerous.

— Lawrence M. Krauss