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Entries Tagged as 'LGBT'

Adios for the holiers!

June 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Irish Politics, Lesbian, LGBT, Michael Lynn, Queer

Image via WikipediaThis blog is going quiet for a few weeks cos I’m out of here. I didn’t plan to go on my holidays the day after Lisbon but I did plan it to avoid being seen as a bridesmaid or having to watch a load of others at Dublin Pride. (Alway’s the bridesmaid, never […]

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As California goes so goes the nation…(not!)

May 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Lesbian, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Same Sex Partnerships, US Election 2008

We therefore conclude that in view of the substance and significance of the fundamental constitutional right to form a family relationship, the California Constitution properly must be interpreted to guarantee this basic civil right to all Californians, whether gay or heterosexual, and to same-sex couples as well as to opposite-sex couples. ‘Activist judges’ (all bar […]

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Dermot Ahern and Same Sex Families

May 11th, 2008 · 34 Comments · Irish Politics, Lesbian, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Same Sex Partnerships

Image via Wikipedia Last week’s reshuffle has no doubt caused a headache for those campaigning on the matter of recognising same sex relationships. From initial research and remembering the announcement of a new Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform may well have given lesbians and gay men and their organisations a significant migraine. I […]

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Scrutinising our lives

April 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Equality, Gay, Irish Politics, Lesbian, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Queer, Same Sex Partnerships

“The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives.” (Audre Lorde – Poetry Is Not A Luxury) The time has (more than) come to reframe the narrow terms of the marriage debate […]

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How the campaign is being lost – according to the Greens

April 23rd, 2008 · 10 Comments · Cop Out, Equality, Gay, Green Party, Iona Institute, Irish Politics, Lesbian, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Same Sex Partnerships

Image via WikipediaThe Green Party seem to spend a considerable amount of time analysing the campaign for same sex marriage/partnership rights. Paul Gogarty TD and chairperson of the party delves into comment’s on Damiens recent post to clarify the reported comments to constituents and others regarding how the campaign is being won and lost. Deputy […]

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