Though not a threat of violence and death, blasphemy laws are another form of censorship pushed unjustly upon millions of people, whether or not they follow a specific religion, or any religion at all. Under these laws, people can be fined or put into jail for saying anything that might be offensive to "religious feelings". This is an unfair and unjust law, because it punishes the expression of opinion, and it doesn't recognize the equality of all citizens, since there is no protection for the non-religious. A priest can dehumanize atheists (and they have--see: Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor) without fear of retribution, but say an unkind word about a religion--not even a religious person, but the religion itself--and you could be punished.
The US has no such blasphemy law (blasphemy is protected speech), but some Western countries still have these archaic laws, and people today are still being punished for the "crime" of speaking their mind.
In 1978, Spanish musician Javier Krahe created a satirical home video for the amusement of his friends, where he baked a buttered crucifix in the oven on a bed of onions. In 2005, frames of the video were shown on the Spanish TV show
Lo+Plus, and the video was referenced during an interview with Krahe. The Catholic church pressed charges on Krahe and the director of Lo+Plus. Now, Krahe could be fined 192,000 euros for a video he made
thirty years ago, where no one was harmed whatsoever, except for the perceived dignity of a little wooden statue.
To show support for Krahe and others under the heel of ridiculous blasphemy laws, and to protest the laws themselves, everyone is asked to bake Jesus on July 3rd. Bake a Jesus cake. Bake Jesus bread. Bake some Jesus ribs, (or Jesus tofu).
If you can't bake, draw! Draw a picture of yourself or your friend, your cat, your avatar, or your favorite character baking Jesus and send it to Facebook! Don't forget to upload it to Deviantart, as well. Or just talk about what you think of this whole mess.
We've said many times that if Christians were killing people for drawing Jesus, then we would be having Everyone Draw Jesus Day. While no one is being killed, it's still a barbaric breach of justice and an act of censorship on unwilling nonbelievers (and many believers, as well).
The original story:
rinzewind.org/archives/2010/05…The Facebook event:
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid…Another article on the event:
nirmukta.com/2010/06/16/everyb…The video that started it all:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bTFn-…Thank you, and happy baking! And don't forget to spread the word!
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