Lots of coverage for this new initiative launched yesterday outside Leinster House. I note that the site has a blog and a heavy concentration on civil union issues and ‘how your politician voted’ in the recent private members debate on the Labour Party’s Civil Union Bill. I’ll give lots of link love to any reader […]
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Ten years after the party passed a motion onthe matter (proposed by yours truly) at a party conference in Limerick, today the Labour Party have published a Civil Union Bill to be debated in the Dáil during private members time. I could say about time but really it’s a bit late into the ‘game’ really […]
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Hardly surprising really but Katherine Zappone and Anne Louise Gilligan have lost their High Court Challenge to have their Canadian Marriage recognised in Ireland. They’ll be off to appeal this to the Supreme Court no doubt. Later today there will be further developments outside the legal arena towards recognising same sex partnerships. More on Maman […]
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So that means the Cabinet are due today to talk about cohabitee’s rights and same sex marriage. Cue lots of crap about equality but no commitments and FF and PD’s speaking out of both sides of their mouths. They won’t be alone in party political terms either. More on Maman Poulet as it happens. Update […]
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Can someone please explain to the government the concept of ‘joined up’ thinking? On Tuesday the Department of Justice says it will be opting out of Brussels II/Rome II, yesterday the Governments Lawyers were saying that gay couples could not get married as marriage is special protection for opposite sex couples (subs. req.), that’s after […]
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