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As you are probably aware we are now just four weeks away from a referendum to remove blasphemy from the Irish Constitution. The vote will take place on Friday 26th October.



On Sunday 30th September Atheist Ireland will officially launch our campaign calling for a ‘Yes’ vote. This launch will coincide with World Blasphemy Day. We will gather from 2pm outside the garden of Remembrance in Parnell Square, Dublin. There will be a photoshoot with our campaign placards, a show of solidarity with victims of blasphemy laws around the world, and details of the campaign and how you can help. You can find details of the launch on





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An early poll has shown that nearly 30% of people still don’t know how they will vote in this referendum. Conversations at our tables has also shown that people do not understand what blasphemy is, do not understand why it needs to be removed from our Constitution or know of the harm that blasphemy laws cause around the world. We have a short amount of time to reach as many people as possible.





What can you do?



Here are a few ways you can help with this campaign now: Apologies for this unprecedented mid-week edition of the Secular Sunday but we have some important information that we wanted to share with you.As you are probably aware we are now just four weeks away from a referendum to remove blasphemy from the Irish Constitution. The vote will take place on Friday 26October.OnAtheist Ireland will officially launch our campaign calling for a ‘Yes’ vote. This launch will coincide with World Blasphemy Day. We will gather from 2pm outside the garden of Remembrance in Parnell Square, Dublin. There will be a photoshoot with our campaign placards, a show of solidarity with victims of blasphemy laws around the world, and details of the campaign and how you can help. You can find details of the launch on Facebook and on our website , where you will also find details of other events in the run up to the referendum.We will use www.blasphemy.ie as the campaign website, where you will find plenty of resources and information. You can follow the campaign on Twitter @blasphmey_ie on Twitter using the hashtag #BlasphemyRef.An early poll has shown that nearly 30% of people still don’t know how they will vote in this referendum. Conversations at our tables has also shown that people do not understand what blasphemy is, do not understand why it needs to be removed from our Constitution or know of the harm that blasphemy laws cause around the world. We have a short amount of time to reach as many people as possible.Here are a few ways you can help with this campaign now: Head along to the official launch on Sunday 30 th , We really need as many people as possible there.

Volunteer at one of our existing information tables in Dublin, Cork, Kerry or Galway where we will talk to the public about the blasphemy referendum.

Set up an information table in your local town (contact us and we can provide flyers)

Get informed – check out some of the resources on blasphemy.ie and make sure you are fully informed.

Follow and retweet from @blasphemy_ie

‘Like’ and share from the Facebook page blasphemy.ie

Donate to the campaign here

Write letters to your local newspapers to get a conversation going on the referendum.

Start conversations with friends, family, colleagues on why you will be voting Yes on 26 th October.

If you would like to get more actively involved in the campaign email info@atheist,ie indicating what you are available to do and we will get back in touch.

Looking forward to a great campaign and to seeing you outside the Garden of Remembrance this coming Sunday



Kind regards



Atheist Ireland Committee/Campaign to Remove the Irish Blasphemy Law



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