Letters to TDs: Terrence Flanagan

I sent the following to Terrence Flanagan TD on the 30th of April 09, it took him until the 17th of June 09 to reply.

Dear Terence,

I am writing to express my extreme displeasure at the proposed blasphemy bill. The notion of fining people for blasphemy is a ridiculous and discriminatory to those who have no faith and do not feel we should be bound by the laws in their holy books. In Ireland we eat pork despite it being against several religions tenets. Should that be considered blasphemy as it may offend many Muslims and Jews and thus be subject to fines under the bill?

As Fine Gael is the chief opposition it is their responsibility to fight these discriminatory bills tooth and claw and not allow such idiocy to pass from the government. I am disappointed that your party has not been more vocal on the issue. Mr Rabbitte of the Labour Party's suggestion of a reduced fine is equally inadequate and misses the point entirely, the amount that is fined is not an issue but the very fact that there is a fine.

As a member of your constituency I feel obliged to inform you of my displeasure at the bill and hope you will bare that in mind if a vote is called.

Feel free to contact me on my details below at any stage about this issue.

Respectfully,

Harry Guinness

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Harry Guinness

www.HarryTheMagician.ie

0868616106

Harry

Many thanks for your email and apologises about not responding earlier as your email was misfiled in error.

Please note the contents of your email were forwarded to our Justice Spokesperson who has taken note.

I agree with your sentiments and will contact you again when the bill comes before the Dáil.

Kind regards

Terence

Terence Flanagan T.D.

We will see how he proceeds, whether he is just making noise or if he holds those sentiments.