The Humanist Association of Ireland (HAI) has called for all references to God to be removed from the Constitution. This is one of a number of demands made by the group in a statement to mark International Blasphemy Day (September 30), an unofficial date on which non-religious individuals and groups are urged to challenge religious beliefs and religious provisions in law. Among the demands made by the HAI are a removal from the Constitution of those clauses which it claims prevent non-religious persons from being appointed a judge or becoming President without swearing a religious oath, and the repeal of the 2009 Defamation Act, under which blasphemy is punishable with a fine up to €25,000.