Call to scrap Victoria’s blasphemy laws

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It’s time for Victoria to ditch “archaic” blasphemy laws because they favour Christian faiths, a state independent MP says.

Upper House Reason Party MP Fiona Patten will table a bill in parliament on Wednesday to abolish the laws, in line with Queensland, WA, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom.

“The fundamental issue with these laws is that they give preferential treatment to Christianity over other religions and that’s just not right,” Ms Patten posted on Facebook.

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Fiona Patten is the founder and leader of the Reason Party and a Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Northern Metropolitan region. She came to politics after 20 years of lobbying for the rights of organisations involved in the sexual rights movement – including small businesses, sex workers, HIV/AIDS organisations, adult media and online anti-censorship groups. Before that she was an established independent fashion designer with her own label called Body Politics.

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