Uinted Nations looking to cencors speech

"If a person, tv media or newpaper writes or says something that offends a religious group than they would be punishable by law" Punishable by LAW? Who's law? Just how do they think they are going to enforce this law ? Can we expect a U.N. police force? Do they honestly think the United States is going to change the constitution to suit their law ? Pshh....UN, censor THIS ! (ok, so you can't see it but I drew a picture of the u.n. flag on my asss and I am "saluting" them

I think the UN will probably pass it. It is certainly against our Constitution. I think we need to move away from the UN, the World Court etc.

Hello Lilwonders, To this specific article: "anti-blasphemy laws are in place in numerous countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. They are often enforced under the Aegis of sharia,..." Anti-blasphemy laws huh? Geesh, it'd be a bit of a challenge to morph such laws into our U.S. Constitution, wouldn't it? Do I think that the UN will push such tyranny? Yes, their colorful history of supporting tyranny and tyrants is irrefutable!!! Millennium Develoment, L.O.S.T. Human Rights violators in positions of authority on the Human Rights Commission, etc... Can there be any sincere doubt that the UN will push this? Will Obama denounce sucy tryanny? I welcome the surprise! Though, his public support of the Millennium Development goals indicates otherwise. Is consideration of the surrender of our national sovereignty Constitutional? Hmmm, let's see: The basis of our Constitution is our national, state's, and individual sovereignty -- so the answer is unequivocably "NO". How could the effort to abolish our very Constitutional foundation be considered Constitutional? Quite simply IT CAN'T!!! The first U.S. citizens (leaders or not) who seriously support and push the agenda of this argument will absolutely deserve the tag of TRAITOR and any consequences that follow -- no if's, and's, or but's! By the way, the term "57 states" somehow rings a familiar bell. Hmmm, ... ???

I'm torn between agreeing with Annie and everyone else. Things have been so crazy lately, odds are...this could really happen. HOW THE HECK it'd be expected to work in countries that're big believers in free speech (like ours) I'm not sure...big problems, perhaps in fighting over this seems like if it actually happens and the U.S. actually agrees to it. I hope the U.N. doesn't accept this. They'd been doing so well lately, cutting down on the crap they pull and doing things that looked pretty good...but I agree, their past history precedes them...they could try to pull this on everyone. It'd be a step back for the middle east, too. I get they're very, very religious there...but they've had bits and pieces of progress, their journalists have ben trying to work against the censorship off and on for years, this would make it impossible for them to move forward...and maybe not just in that one area of freedom. So yeah...this would suck all around. Anyway, to the rest of your questions: Will Obama consider it? Hard to say. Is it constitutional to consider it? NO WAY IN HELL. Like I said...times are crazy enough.

I think the bottom line is it isn't constitutional to even consider it so I really don't think we have to worry too much. I can't imagine something like this having the votes in Congress to be ratified even if President Obama were to support it, which I seriously doubt. We DO have free speech and that should supersede all else in this case. Annie

I don't think Obama is dumb enough to support such crap. Even if he were, the entire country would turn on him. We know that legislation like this never protects Christians or other faiths, but is targeted to protect muslims so they can attack us when we print a cartoon like that Danish one that had them attacking embassies. Here's a comical example of how things would be. A friend showed me this so I have to share it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2TmRNYK8dw