That Gay Times interview with David Cameron was covered on Channel 4 News this evening. It’s a mess and he’s not very good when quizzed on the finer points of voting, equality and human rights, and even though he knows he’s being filmed wants to do a press interview when it all goes pear shaped. […]
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Today marks the 20th anniversary of the protests and campaign to see lesbians and gay men included in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. On Fifth Avenue at 57 Street (West side of the Avenue) a group of Irish Queers will protest against the exclusion of Irish gay groups in the parade – which has repeatedly […]
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With a week to go to the committee stage of the Civil Partnership Bill in the Dáil the campaign against the bill increases. Today Cóir published their report on the Bill and the 20 page document outlines their opinion on the impact of the bill on family breakdown and even an ageing Europe. Gay relationships […]
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As I mentioned last night the Catholic Bishops have published a leaflet on marriage yesterday. Except it’s not really about marriage is it? The full contents are now available to read on their website. There is loads of stuff in this to poke holes in but let’s not forget that the church are trying to […]
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The Catholic Bishops have been having their spring meeting for the past three days and the press conference today saw them complain about unfair treatment by the media and also express their concerns about the civil partnership bill. The Press release sent out at the end of the meeting says that the bishops are going […]
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