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"Gay marriage caused storms and floods" says Ukip councillor

  • 18-01-2014 09:38PM
    #1
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,424 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    “I wrote to David Cameron in April 2012 to warn him that disasters would accompany the passage of his same-sex marriage bill.
    “But he went ahead despite a 600,000-signature petition by concerned Christians and more than half of his own parliamentary party saying that he should not do so.”

    Blaming the prime minister for the bad weather, he added: “It is his fault that large swathes of the nation have been afflicted by storms and floods.

    “He has arrogantly acted against the Gospel that once made Britain ‘great’ and the lesson surely to be learned is that no man or men, however powerful, can mess with Almighty God with impunity and get away with it for everything a nation does is weighed on the scaled of divine approval or disapproval.”

    The shite they come up with is hilarious at times but this has to be up there with "Physical exercise prevents you from becoming gay" :pac:

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/ukip-politician-claims-gay-marriage-caused-storms-1.1660625
    Ukip said the views expressed by Mr Silvester were “not the party’s belief” but defended his right to state his opinions.

    It still scares me that members of Ukip actually hold a few seats in the Houses and Councils over there.


    So do we have an Irish equivalent? I know a few TDs and councillors occasionally come up with sexist, racist or homophobic comments every now and again but I've yet to come across a vocal right wing party in Ireland as popular as UKip is in the UK.


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  • #2
    Lyaiera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭Lyaiera


    I'm trans. Watch out for volcanoes.

    Shit be real, yo.


  • #3
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    This lot don't even deserve our attention to be honest...Irish Times have gone down the drain in the last few months to be filling their pages with this rubbish.


  • #4
    Foxhound38
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭Foxhound38


    He is a fool...

    and an eejit


  • #5
    Lyaiera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭Lyaiera


    "Repeat after me, 'And with this ring, I summon hurricanes and lightening all down on this mother, booyah!'"


  • #6
    Frosty McSnowballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,396 ✭✭✭Frosty McSnowballs


    Lyaiera wrote: »
    I'm trans. Watch out for volcanoes.

    Shit be real, yo.

    Add a shark and you got yourself a SyFy channel film there! You will be minted!


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  • #7
    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    Go sell crazy somewhere else.
    We're all stocked up here!


  • #8
    Zen65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭Zen65


    Because that's how God rolls . . . by retaliating with vague, ineffective water play!


  • #9
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    God sucks at this tbf


  • #10
    P_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Ah freedom of expression, it lets us laugh at the crazies so much harder


  • #11
    Clandestine
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    What he said was beyond stupid but in the end, just an opinion. Feels like a bit of a non-story to me, and UKIP themselves said its "not the party’s belief".


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  • #12
    Bepolite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭Bepolite


    One of my favourite lines from Russel Howard was about someone saying something similar when they had bad weather in the States.

    "Look at Ancient Greece all they did was read books and bum each other, Sunny all year round" or words to that effect.


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,909 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Nimrod 7 wrote: »
    The shite they come up with is hilarious at times but this has to be up there with "Physical excercise prevents you from becoming gay".

    They've never seen a TV show with Louie Spence.


  • #14
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,787 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    Who gives a flying fig what that gobshyte thinks?


  • #15
    AtomicHorror
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,888 ✭✭✭AtomicHorror


    ScumLord wrote: »
    Who gives a flying fig what that gobshyte thinks?

    Other gobshytes, who can point to said gobshyte and convince still other gobshytes to agree with them by argument from authority.


  • #16
    colossus-x
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭colossus-x


    Clandestine wrote: »
    What he said was beyond stupid but in the end, just an opinion. Feels like a bit of a non-story to me, and UKIP themselves said its "not the party’s belief".

    UKIP member suspended from party - one of the top headlines on tv news today.


  • #17
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    Nimrod 7 wrote: »
    The shite they come up with is hilarious at times but this has to be up there with "Physical exercise prevents you from becoming gay" :pac:

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/ukip-politician-claims-gay-marriage-caused-storms-1.1660625



    It still scares me that members of Ukip actually hold a few seats in the Houses and Councils over there.


    So do we have an Irish equivalent? I know a few TDs and councillors occasionally come up with sexist, racist or homophobic comments every now and again but I've yet to come across a vocal right wing party in Ireland as popular as UKip is in the UK.


    It's like democracy and Sh1t


  • #18
    marozz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 222 ✭✭marozz


    Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP, has said that the party will now purge all those members with " extreme, barmy or nasty" views. He should probably start with himself.


  • #19
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    I will enjoy the scientific studies showing that sexuality has any affect on the weather. Surely they do have some backing and arent just spouting stupid. Christianity causes death. What percentage of Christians have died or will die? For 99.99 you can read my report were I also discover that rain causes death.


  • #20
    _Redzer_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,056 ✭✭✭_Redzer_


    My powers are growing stronger every day. Fear me fúckers !!


  • #21
    mikeym
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,992 ✭✭✭mikeym


    Westboro Baptist Church springs to mind.


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  • #22
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭cml387


    Can Graham Norton please give us a hot and dry summer?


  • #23
    smurgen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,933 ✭✭✭smurgen


    Sometimes I'd love to be gay just to piss off some of theses conservatives.


  • #24
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    UKIP Shipping forecast


  • #25
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Nimrod 7 wrote: »

    So do we have an Irish equivalent? I know a few TDs and councillors occasionally come up with sexist, racist or homophobic comments every now and again but I've yet to come across a vocal right wing party in Ireland as popular as UKip is in the UK.

    UKIP are right wing alright, but the way people are going on about this you'd swear the party extolled the views of that one individual.

    He's been booted out of the party so fair play to them I say. You don't see that happen often here. FF councillor Sean McEniff wasn't thrown out of the party when he suggested that all travellers should be segregated from the rest of society. FG's Eugene Dolan wasn't shown the door when he said they should all be sent to Spike Island.

    Fine Gael just recently re-admitted the guy that had previously refused to represent black people in his constituency.

    http://www.thejournal.ie/darren-scully-bought-back-into-fine-gael-1160958-Nov2013/

    Not many people called for Enda Kenny's resignation when he made that nigger joke a few years ago either. There's plenty of racists, homophobes and general ignoramuses in Irish politics, most just know better than to let on; but even when they rarely face any real consequences.


  • #26
    Phill Ewinn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,007 ✭✭✭Phill Ewinn


    He was a conservative party member at the time he wrote that letter. UKIP are about the only defence any of us have against the thugs and morons running the European Parliament.

    Act in haste, repent at your leisure.


  • #27
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,236 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    It's like democracy and Sh1t
    It's still scary.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #28
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭jank


    Lyaiera wrote: »
    It's typical that a thread about nutjob radical feminists gets back to dealing with regular feminism. Goes to show this thread was never going to be about crazy people and everyone just wants another go at feminist bashing.

    This applies to all 'nutjobs' not just ones you dont like.


  • #29
    Fandango
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 795 ✭✭✭Fandango


    mikeym wrote: »
    Westboro Baptist Church springs to mind.

    Reading through to see if anyone mentioned it. Right out of their fascist book alright :)


  • #30
    Super-Rush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    Bepolite wrote: »
    One of my favourite lines from Russel Howard was about someone saying something similar when they had bad weather in the States.

    "Look at Ancient Greece all they did was read books and bum each other, Sunny all year round" or words to that effect.

    It was actually in reference to a Church of England saying that the 2007 floods were down to god being pissed off about homosexuality.


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  • #31
    Fandango
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 795 ✭✭✭Fandango


    Super-Rush wrote: »
    It was actually in reference to a Church of England saying that the 2007 floods were down to god being pissed off about homosexuality.

    Again WBC say the same about storms in the US. They also claim Obama making president is the sign of the worlds end as he is somehow the antichrist. Cant wait till the end of his term and they look like idiots :)


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