Iceland has legalized blasphemy, which had been criminalized under a 75-year-old law, despite some opposition from the country's churches:
A bill was put forward by the minority Pirate Party, which campaigns for internet and data freedom. It came after the deadly attack the same month against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris... As three members of the Pirate Party stood before parliament on Thursday, each said: "Je Suis Charlie", an expression used globally to express solidarity with the Charlie Hebdo victims. After the ruling, the party wrote on its blog (in Icelandic): "Iceland's parliament has now established the important message that freedom will not give in to bloody attacks." The blasphemy law had been in place since 1940, and anyone found guilty could have been sentenced to a fine or three months in prison.
The Catholic Church wrote in comments submitted after the bill was proposed: "Should freedom of expression go so far as to mean that the identity of a person of faith can be freely insulted, then personal freedom - as individuals or groups - is undermined." The Icelandic Ethical Humanist Association said that the new law included provisions to ensure that people could still be prosecuted for hate speech. [...] In the 2013 election, [Iceland's Pirate Party] gained three MPs for the first time, and polls now say it is the most popular party in Iceland, with the support of 32.4% of the country. In 2013, its members drafted a law calling for whistleblower Edward Snowden to be granted Icelandic citizenship.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 04 2015, @04:36PM
now, if it happens enough to be bullying or abuse
Both of which are vague and subjective.
"preventing from feeling insulted by other people's valid opinions".
Whether they're valid or not doesn't matter.
Offense is taken, not given. Anyone could be offended by anything. Trying to protect people's feelings not only ends up infringing upon fundamental liberties like freedom of speech, but it encourages groups of people to get upset whenever someone criticizes them so that eventually that speech will be silenced.