senator links bishops to dail protestors who are 'nasty, aggressive, viscous' unfair?

moonpurple

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0703/1224273903547.html

SEANAD REPORT: THE CATHOLIC hierarchy should recognise that the passage of the Civil Partnership Bill by the Dáil without a vote showed that the bishops were more in tune with homophobes than they were with the people’s representatives, Joe O’Toole (Ind) said.

The Bill is to be debated in the Seanad next Wednesday and Thursday. Criticising the tenor of an anti-Bill demonstration outside Leinster House last Thursday, Mr O’Toole said it was unacceptable for any group to be haranguing and threatening not just parliamentarians but also visitors.

This type of behaviour should be brought to the attention of the relevant authorities. The Bill’s passage was a landmark event.

He welcomed the views of all groups, be they bishops or penitent. But the group outside the gate, who seemed to be some kind of urban guerrillas “working on behalf of the same point of view, are people who are completely vicious, aggressive and nasty, with a total preoccupation with the sexual habits of gay people in bed.”

Paul Coghlan (FG) said that in his 12 years or so as a senator, he had never experienced such a sense of viciousness and a determination to target members of the Oireachtas. Steps should be taken to ensure that any protest at the gates of parliament would be conducted peacefully.

Jerry Buttimer (FG) said the passage of the Bill represented a tremendous day for Ireland. He paid tribute to the Fianna Fáil party, and to the Greens, saying that it would not have happened but for the presence of the minor party in government.

Mark Dearey (Green) said the only moral issue in the legislation centred on the need to ensure that people were not denied their civil rights.

Ronán Mullen (Ind) said that as things stood, the Greens supported “banging people up in prison and fining them if they dare to differ from the prevailing consensus around civil partnership, and that is not just.”

Seanad leader Donie Cassidy said the progress of the Bill through the Dáil had shown the world that this was a very mature democracy.

Pdfile

tl;Dr

TerryTibbs!

Tawk to me.

Abrasax

Pdfile wrote: »

tl;Dr

Urban guerrillas have attacked senators at the dail.

Elevator

stick it up your hole donnie cassidie!!

it showed me the government are getting behind evey which issue right now to distract the good people of this country. I am happy about the bill passing thru but talk about making a big song and dance over them.

stop making us pay for you and yours greed then mr ****ing cassidy if we live in such a great state!! you ****ing gob****e

El Weirdo

moonpurple wrote: »

Seanad leader Donie Cassidy said the progress of the Bill through the Dáil had shown the world that this was a very mature democracy.

Gonna post this in the "You Laugh, You Lose" thread in Cool Vids & Pics & Links.

They are so gonna lose. I know I did.

Protestors are viscous? Syrupy with a resistance to flow?

PeterIanStaker

I would think the Seanad has a great deal in common with the Catholic hierarchy, both having an inflated sense of their own importance and mistakenly believing they can tell us what to do.

Elevator

I swear my patience is runnin very f-ing thin with our government right now!!

if a revolution doesn't happen soon I might not be able to contain my anger much longer

when will we as a nation stand up for ourselves?? we are being lied too/hood winked/raped each and every day by the crafty fcukers up in the dail and when they're caught out put their hands up (cowen and the banking report recently springs to mind) create a massive story in the media that lasts a couple of days (fine gael "power" struggle!!) and it's all rosey in the garden!!!

is it though? the government are about to take 2 months off after bu11****ting their way thru the past few months and they don't even have an exact date set for coming back to work!!! if my house was up in a heap the last thing I'd be doing is going on 8 weeks holidays.

when ye break the back bone of his country nothing will save you fcukers from the justice the people will bring down on you all. we will rip ye apart one by one and burn down all your institutions.

would love to see the country rise up while yer gone for the summer!!

Pherekydes

bluewolf wrote: »

Protestors are viscous? Syrupy with a resistance to flow?

Thick, in other words.

tommyhaas

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

I would think the Seanad has a great deal in common with the Catholic hierarchy, both having an inflated sense of their own importance and mistakenly believing they can tell us what to do.

True, but at least the Catholic Church are sticking to their beliefs despite the negative publicity they know the're going to receive as a result. Majority of politicians will only support the bill (or any bill for that matter) because it politicially correct to do so, and not doing so would cause their popularity with the voters to drop

sceptre

moonpurple wrote: »

Paul Coghlan (FG) said that in his 12 years or so as a senator, he had never experienced such a sense of viciousness and a determination to target members of the Oireachtas.

Ah, if he'd been there in 1983 for the abortion amendment...

civis_liberalis

moonpurple wrote: »

Ronán Mullen (Ind) said that as things stood, the Greens supported “banging people up in prison and fining them if they dare to differ from the prevailing consensus around civil partnership, and that is not just.”

Is it just me or does that statement make no sense whatsoever?