Pressure is already mounting on other European states to follow Ireland’s example in embracing same-sex marriage, even if the vote is barely a day old. Once a conservative, Catholic nation, Ireland is being held up as an example of how to overcome one’s hidebound past to emerge into the bright light of modernity.
An Irish Catholic Archbishop has said that the result of yesterday’s referendum on gay marriage shows that the church needs “a reality check”. Diarmuid Martin, one of the country’s most senior churchmen, has said that he voted No to the measure,
Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott has ruled out a referendum in Australia to formally recognize same-sex marriage. Speaking in the wake of the landslide win in Ireland for proponents of the same change, he refused to entertain any similar poll
DUBLIN, Republic Of Ireland – For a thousand years Dublin Castle has stood as a testament to the Irish people’s Catholicism and later the (often thwarted) desire to oppose secularism or domination from English Protestantism. What better place then to
Two supposedly landmark political events have occurred on the island of Ireland this week. Both were greeted with an element of surprise and excitement and were hailed as great victories for the “progressive movement”, both were inevitable. The referendum in
To the very end, opponents of same-sex marriage in Ireland held out hope. Yesterday they were reporting high numbers of immigrant Africans and Muslims standing in line at polling stations and hoped they would balance out the hordes of young people who were expected to make Ireland the first country in the world to vote for same-sex marriage.
A Times (London) journalist has attracted the ire of “liberal bigots” on Twitter after claiming that Ireland’s vote in favour of gay marriage was another “nail in the coffin” of civilisation
DUBLIN, Republic of Ireland – Today Ireland will become the first country in the world to legalise gay marriage through a referendum. On the face of it, this looks like a remarkable departure from the traditional Catholicism of the country,
DUBLIN, Republic of Ireland – Polls have closed in Ireland’s constitutional referendum to allow gay marriage amidst allegations traditionalists were unable to express their views. Despite promises of an open and fair vote, every state-funded political party in the country
The “Pastor Protection” bill, designed to protect pastors and their churches when refusing to perform a same-sex marriage, passed the Texas House with bipartisan support. The bill will go immediately to Texas Governor Abbott, who has vowed to sign it.
The Irish will be heading to the polling stations on Friday to vote Yes or No as to whether: ‘Marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex’ should be added to
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh suggested that businesses who are sued for not providing services for same-sex marriage should say that they cannot do so because of fear of offending and provoking Muslims on Monday. Rush began, “Well, one of
In a series of interviews, new presidential candidate Carly Fiorina Fiorina acknowledged that she would not raise as much money as other candidates, “but we’ll raise sufficient money.” Fiorina also said that she would “run a different kind of campaign” and would spend the money she raised wisely, so that she would be able to be competitive and “do what we need to do.”
“Saturday Night Live’s” “Weekend Update” co-host Colin Jost instructed Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito “look around you, everyone’s already on board the gay train.” Jost said, “During the Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of gay marriage, Justice Samuel Alito
While climate change activists busily campaigned the Pope for support for their projects, Francis’s mind was elsewhere, reflecting on the importance of traditional marriage and the plight of women in the world.
A protester disrupted proceedings at the US Supreme Court on Tuesday as justices heard arguments about gay marriage.
A longtime proponent of both gay marriage and gay adoptions, former View co-host Rosie O’Donnell is now going through her second gay divorce, and things are getting ugly.
As the Supreme Court takes up oral arguments on whether there is a fundamental right to gay marriage, Californians will be watching closely.
Does the U.S. Constitution require same-sex “marriage” in every state in the nation? No one can answer that question in the affirmative with a straight face. The question is not, “Is it permissible?” but “Is it required?”
The far-left activists of the Big Gay Hate Machine are on the loose in Congress.
The gay lobby takes aim at two gay business owners who had the audacity to speak to Sen. Ted Cruz.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a 2016 GOP presidential candidate, tells Breitbart News exclusively why he thinks the New York Times is coming after him.
The Left’s fascist rampage against anyone who holds the same opinion on same sex marriage Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama did less than two years ago, marches on. Not content to steal a man’s livelihood or a near-successful attempt to
So there you have it, folks. Any time a Republican presidential candidate interacts with anyone who’s gay, it will apparently be newsworthy. The real issue, as Sen. Cruz pointed out, is that his actions did not match the hateful stereotype that liberals have of socially conservative Republicans.
Barack Obama is not the only Democrat whose views have “evolved” on same sex marriage: Hillary Clinton, who now holds that the Supreme Court should declare a constitutional right to gay marriage, taking the matter away from the states, argued in 2004 for the “sanctity of marriage” and stated she was committed to “the fundamental bedrock principle that exists between a man and a woman.”
