Last March following their spring meeting the Catholic Bishops issued a statement and published a leaflet on marriage and the family. Yesterday they met for the summer meeting and made another statement on the Civil Partnership Bill. * Protection and support for marriage and family Bishops discussed the statement Why Marriage Matters which was published […]
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Dermot Ahern is interviewed today in the Irish Times. He’s Mr. Nice Guy really – well this is what he wants to let the readers (and FF TD’s who may vote in a leadership election) know. He has quite a bit to say on the Civil Partnership Bill. AS THE MURPHY REPORT into the Catholic […]
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Marriage Equality last week launched a National Poster campaign calling for Civil Marriage for same sex couples and recognition of lesbian and gay families. Funded by the Community Foundation of Ireland the posters will be displayed on Dublin Bus and in libraries, family resources and community centres around the country. Find out more about the […]
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(Enoc Burke – Campaign for Conscience, Photo from Red Mum) You may have heard there are a few protesters against the Civil Partnership Bill 2009 outside Leinster House for the past few months. From various Christian groups they are calling for a freedom of conscience clause for registrars and others as well as opposing rights […]
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At 10 am this morning in Committee Room 2, the Committee stage of the Civil Partnership Bill 2009 will reconvene. This is the stage where amendments are proposed and debated on the bill. The first part of these proceedings took place last month and saw a number of amendments tabled by the opposition. Some of […]
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