# Blasphemers will be punished with a stiff.... fine?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blasphemers-will-be-punished-with-a-stiff-fine/505109>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 3, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blasphemers-will-be-punished-with-a-stiff-fine/505109 "2009-08-03T00:54:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blasphemers-will-be-punished-with-a-stiff-fine/505109/41 "2009-08-05T06:44:57Z")

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> [@UDS](#):
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> The notion that it’s a quid pro quo to the Catholic church for the civil partnership legislation is not one that I find all that convincing. …I suspect the gallery that the Minister is playing to is the neanderthal wing of Fianna Fail

Um, that’s what I said.

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**Author:** ![UDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecae2f/32.png) [@UDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blasphemers-will-be-punished-with-a-stiff-fine/505109/42 "2009-08-05T07:54:40Z")

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> [@ruadh](#):
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> Um, that’s what I said.

[UDS rereads, then slaps forehead.] So it is . My apologies.

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