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Comme les sacrilèges choquent la religion, leur peine doit être uniquement tirée de la nature des choses; elle doit consister dans la privation des avantages que donne la religion: l'expulsion hors des temples, la privation de la société des fidèles pour un temps ou pour toujours. (...) Mais si le
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was in itself a blasphemy, and that the law could not "constitute itself judge of the offenses against God". Thus
Justice Minister Peyronnet finally decided to limit the law to sacrileges "voluntarily and publicly" committed, as not to interfere with inner conscience and
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The Villèle government initially envisaged graduating sentences. Concerning profanations, the sentences were to change according to various cases. If the profanation had been done on vessels containing holy objects, the crime was supposed to be punished by perpetual
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Following long and passionate debates, the project was adopted by the Peers' Chamber by 127 votes against 96, then by the deputies by 210 votes against 95. The text benefited from the support of the thirteen peers who were also
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