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Entries Tagged as 'Cop Out'

Marriage needs to be protected…

November 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Ciaran Cuffe, Cop Out, Same Sex Partnerships

..You can’t get married in a tent but now other places that are accessible, open the public and have a fire safety certificate are ok. Ah yeah special thing this marriage lark.  Have to keep the gays away from it.

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Senator David Norris doesn’t want a dog licence

November 2nd, 2007 · 5 Comments · Cop Out, Gay, Homophobia, Irish Politics, Lesbian, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships, Seanad Eireann

The matter of same-sex partnerships came up for discussion in Seanad Eireann yesterday. David Norris was hurting like lots of other lesbians and gay men and he wasn’t afraid to let people know. Senator David Norris: The principal point I wish to raise is the question of what occurred in the Dáil yesterday and its […]

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Sitting in the side aisle

November 2nd, 2007 · 4 Comments · Cop Out, Irish Politics, Same Sex Partnerships

Charles Flanagan TD. is a Fine Gael TD from very conservative stock. He’s not very much like his father though. An extract from his speech during the motion to reintroduce the Labour Party’s Civil Union Bill is something worth noting. I recently attended the funeral of a single man in my constituency. His relatives, brothers […]

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They don’t make them like this anymore….

November 2nd, 2007 · 3 Comments · Cop Out, Same Sex Partnerships, Social Policy, Uncategorized

Michael D. tells Martin Mansergh some truths about republicanism.

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Deputy Cuffe – Tell us how you have not copped out?

November 1st, 2007 · 17 Comments · Ciaran Cuffe, Cop Out, Gay, gayvote.ie, Irish Politics, KAL Case, Lesbian, LGBT, Queer, Same Sex Partnerships

I wonder how the lesbian and gay members of the Green Party are feeling this morning – there are quite a few of them – some of very long standing, others quite new. I know how many Green Party voters are feeling – their ire is all through lesbian and gay message boards and filling […]

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