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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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Cuffe tells us he is not copping out

October 31st, 2007 · 6 Comments · Cop Out, Equality, Lesbian, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships

Press release just received… Greens praise Govt pledge on same sex unions – Legislation to be introduced by March 2008 The Green Party’s Justice spokesperson Ciarán Cuffe TD has welcomed the Government’s commitment to publish legislation by March 2008 that will give legal recognition to same sex unions. The development will extend to cohabiting gay […]

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Ciaran ‘Cop Out’ Cuffe T.D.

October 30th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Ciaran Cuffe, Cop Out, Equality, Gay, Homophobia, Irish Politics, irishelection2007, KAL Case, LGBT, Queer, Same Sex Partnerships

Updates to this post can be found here and here Ciaran Cuffe – is this what doing a deal with the devil is all about? Today on Lunchtime on Newstalk you were laying out the various reasons why it might not be the right time to vote in favour of redebating the Labour Party’s Civil […]

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All Human life is there…

September 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Lesbian, LGBT, Queer, Religion, Religious Right Dressed up as research institutes

Thanks to Frank @ Cedar Lounge for letting me know that I’ll be missing Fr. John Harvey’s visit to the RDS Dublin tomorrow to speak at the Human Life International Conference. The talk I’ll be missing whilst doing some very queer shopping checking out all the dykes in Liffey Valley is entitled Homosexuality: Helping the […]

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Gay TD to be outed?

August 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Homophobia, Irish Politics, LGBT

There’s a closeted gay TD story doing the rounds – well the rounds of national and provincial journalists who have nowt better to do with their time. This stuff is very 1990’s and can’t have any impact as there has been nothing with regards to voting for anyone elected recently to be hypocritical about – […]

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