re: #72 lawhawk

Turley’s op-ed is bogus? Sorry, but I have to disagree with you on that. The Administration is apparently willing to go along with a UN effort to allow blasphemy laws around the world; laws that would prohibit criticism of religious views.

I looked into this story when people started emailing it to me. What’s actually happening is that the Obama administration made some vaguely positive comments about “aligning” with Egypt on a vastly watered down version of the original OIC proposal. Nothing has been signed and no agreements have actually been made.

Turley’s article is long on anecdotes about “blasphemy,” but contains almost no real information about the actual UN resolution under discussion, or what the Obama administration actually said about it. It’s just more fear mongering for the right wing base, in my opinion.