VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-15
“When you give the state power to punish a blasphemer, you are giving the state the power to blaspheme with impunity.”
Douglas Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-15
Wilson argued in Mere Christendom against giving the state power to punish blasphemers.
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