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Having spent a substantial part of my career parodying religious figures from my own Christian background, I am aghast at the notion that it could, in effect, be made illegal to imply ridicule of a religion or to lampoon religious figures.

Rowan Atkinson

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Rowan Atkinson
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 6
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