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It’s time for Ireland to follow Obama on gay marriage
“I think same-sex couples should be able to get married” – these ten simple words spoken by US President Barack Obama last Wednesday have reverberated around the world and provided a watershed moment in the evolution of c...
Bristol Palin Slams Obama for Supporting Gay Marriage & Takes a Shot at ‘Glee’
President Barack Obama’s vocal support of gay marriage has elicited a variety of responses. On the side of opposition, there is Bristol Palin, 21, who took to her blog Thursday to express her disapproval with the Presiden...
Church of Ireland Synod resolution on same-sex relationships unacceptable
As Church of Ireland members, who are lesbian, gay or bisexual, we were not consulted as the Bishop of Down and Dromore and Archbishop of Dublin drafted the resolutions on sexuality before General Synod this week, which stigmat...
Catholic schools could be breaking law over gay marriage, warns minister
Roman Catholic schools have been officially warned that they could be breaking the law by encouraging pupils to oppose gay marriage.
Blue murder: the priest, a stolen laptop and gay porn
As the parents and children of the sleepy northern village of Pomeroy gather yesterday for this year’s First Holy Communion ceremony, they will be doing so without local priest Fr Martin McVeigh.
There is no place for fear or prejudice over same-sex marriages
The virulent opposition to same-sex marriage, when one strips away all of the extraneous religious ideology, is, at its core, a battle to protect the last bastion of legitimised discrimination.
Fine Gael’s first gay TD seeks end to homosexual teachers law
The first Fine Gael TD to come out as gay declared yesterday that he wanted to see the law discriminating against homosexual teachers abolished.
Jerry is the third TD to come out and say I’m gay
Fine Gael has welcomed its first openly-gay TD, as the party unveils a new gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender group.
Breivik trial: Norwegians rally around peace song
Some 40,000 people have gathered on an Oslo square to sing a popular peace song which mass killer Anders Behring Breivik condemned at his trial.
Promising numbers point to reviving tourist industry
Ireland has long relied on tourism to bring in the coin when the economy is bad, and now it was revealed that the numbers visiting the island are, thankfully, on the up.
