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Car Crashes, divorce and militant gay lobbies…  »  mamanpoulet.com
From Thursday’s Irish Times Letters page… FF and Civil Partnership Bill Madam, - David Carroll’s vitriolic attack on Senator Jim Walsh (July 1st, 2008) was a good demonstration of liberal intolerance. Senator Walsh is absolutely right to be concerned about the proposed Civil Partnerships Bill and his concern mirror that of a majority of the Irish people, despite what Mr Carroll would have us believe. This Bill, if enacted, will fundamentally undermine the institution of marriage. Marriage enjoys the special protection of the State principally because it has proven benefits for society. The same cannot be said of same-sex unions. If ...
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Posted:  7/3 11:41pm
Wexford FF politics and Civil Partnership  »  mamanpoulet.com
Senator Jim Walsh has been busy this week putting forward a motion to his parliamentary party concerning the proposed Civil Partnership legislation going too far. He has been busy saying he wasn’t being homophobic and saying his party colleagues who supported the motion (25 of them) weren’t homophobic. It’s clear from the silence that not all members of his parliamentary party agree with his proclamations. Especially in Wexford. I seem to remember before the last general election a bit of toing and froing (understatement) over the FF nominations in the Wexford constituency. Now it seems the temperature is hotting ...
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Posted:  7/3 9:29pm
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Dublin Airport, Fernley and the transport of Disabled Passengers  »  mamanpoulet.com
Image via WikipediaFlying back into Dublin Airport last night, I along with 2 others were prebooked disabled passengers requiring assistance from the plane to the arrivals hall. We did our usual ‘wait till everyone else gets off’ (I live in the hope that one day we’ll keep the able bodied waiting for a minute or two while our needs are tended to first!) I watched a battered Fernley crew minibus pull up beside the plane and groaned. We were going to be put on the awful cramped cattle bus again. Fernley seem to have the contract for transporting ...
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Posted:  6/29 3:09pm
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