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Religious Rights
Constitutional Law
Case Name | Description |
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McGee | Freedom of conscience does not extend to any conscientious decision |
Quinn's Supermarket | Positive discrimination in favour of kosher butchers invalid as it went further than necessary Could not rely on 'equality as human persons' |
Murphy v IRTC | Legislation preventing ads directed towards any religious end was not unconstitutional Right to communicate opinions and the facts on which these are based |
McNally v Ireland | Legislation merely a consumer protection measure providing method of authenticating Mass cards rather than conferring any preferential position |
Corway v Independent Newspapers | Common law offence of blasphemy did not carry over from 1937 as it failed to protect all religions |
Campaign to Separate Church and State | Religious denomination not obliged to alter ethos of school to accommodate student of another religion, although they may opt out of formal religious instruction |