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Springer TV opera faces blasphemy complaint
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THE BBC is being investigated by Scottish prosecutors amid claims
it broke blasphemy laws by broadcasting the controversial Jerry
Springer - The Opera north of the Border.
The investigation was prompted by a religious group which believes
BBC managers who gave the go-ahead for last week's broadcast
committed blasphemy, a criminal offence under Scots common law.
Reverend George Hargreaves, leader of the Christian political
party Operation Christian Vote, has written to the procurator fiscal
in Glasgow formally requesting an investigation into whether a crime
was committed by BBC Scotland ...
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