Pakistani politician calls on U.S. to ban blasphemy

[socialindependocrat]

39. But blasphemy is in the eye of the beholder....

many people in the past have been put to death for blasphemy
based on someone's opinion or desire to eliminate opposition.

Martin Luther could have lost his life or freedom for breaking away
from the Catholic church,

The freedom to disagree and start a new religion is basic religious evolution
but could be considered blasphemy.

Who's to say when the line is crossed and who meters out the punishment.

I was talking to a friend from California tonight who said in Cal. people are afraid
to make a statement about anything for fear that they will offend someone and brought
to task. It's a scary way to live, always thinking that you can be ridiculed or punished
for stating a belief or talking about anything - not controversial - just anything.

One of the things I learned here on DU is you develop a thick skin or you get beaten up.
To make a poorly worded statement and stand corrected is part of the learning process.

Putting out a contract to have someone killed is illegal. Saying that someone should be killed because they insult your religious leader is similar.

Thanks again for doing all that work to provide me with the links. I appreciate your efforts.
As Wikipedia says, there is a large bloc for and a large bloc against - as so the discussion goes on.
We also have the tea party and the progressives - and so similar discussions continue.
I go back to my belief that we should be free to choose and when one group tries to force
the other group to follow their beliefs then they are overstepping the bounds.

Look at all the things that people have been called to task for in the past: alcohol, swearing,
dancing, "witchcraft" damned if you do and damned of you don't . It all seems to get bleached
away as time goes on and morals evolve...

Whatever. The discussion continues.