Hamfisted, but evenhanded.
Better than some laws and policies, where you only get slammed if you offend the true faith. Or a privileged faith.
And for that, there are entire countries and sets of countries. Say that deity or prophet X should go f**k a goat, and there's no problem; replace the name with that of another deity or prophet, suddenly it's not blasphemy but a "hate crime" (which is all the crime of blasphemy is, a speech-based hate crime ... or hate-based speech crime).
It's on par with defamation of rulers and kings. It used to be if you dissed the sovereign, you could be in trouble. One didn't say disparaging things about Hitler or Stalin, at least not during their reigns and in the countries they held sway over. It's little different now--you say something bad about the wrong person and there are those out to implement a vigilante punishment on you for daring to disparage their idol, whether political, cultural, or social, because it makes them feel bad or shows disrespect for their entire socio-political group by disrespecting an individual. Who needs a government when you have a mob with rope, when the best offense is being first to claim being offended?
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