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Will you vote in the gay marriage referendum?

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  • #1202
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    What is delusional about it?

    Why does this matter to you so much? Your life won't change in any way if this goes through. I would say you might get invited to a few more weddings, but in your case I'm going to assume that's unlikely :pac:

    I wouldn't pay much notice to be honest - fran is a coward on the matter, fully happy to throw nonsense around but completely unable and unwilling to back any of it up, just running away when pressed on it to come back later on and pretend he was never asked. It's kind of par for the course, and to be honest when you see posts like his response to this one it comes across like he may not even full believe what he is on about (or at least does not have a thought out argument on the matter and/or the intelligence to form one) and instead is just seeking validation by having people reply to his posts.


  • #1203
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    Undecided. Just how gay are these marriages likely to be?

    Faaaaaaabulously. :)


  • #1204
    flunkyfearsome
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭flunkyfearsome


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    I'll be voting 'No'

    In my view it's a sickness brought on by a level of neglect by parents or maybe a lack of!

    When you consider opinions like this how are you supposed to take the No side serious, and I'm not even going go there, intellect is lacking in such a no vote like this


  • #1205
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    I'll be voting 'No'

    In my view it's a sickness brought on by a level of neglect by parents or maybe a lack of!

    But there has been nothing to show this.


  • #1206
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    I'll be voting 'No'

    In my view it's a sickness brought on by a level of neglect by parents or maybe a lack of!
    Mikemac, calling mikemac!!

    Mikemac?


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  • #1207
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    I'll be voting 'No'

    In my view it's a sickness brought on by a level of neglect by parents or maybe a lack of!


    Quiet you.


  • #1208
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Billy86 wrote: »
    Faaaaaaabulously. :)

    Thought as much


  • #1209
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    bodice ripper wrote: »
    Quiet you.

    How dare you be so rude and insulting! You should treat his opinion with respect and politely point out whatever it is you might disagree with. Honestly, what is it with the "yes" crowd being so thoughtless, mean and insulting? You're making those poor "no" campaigners feel very sad with your insensitive and nasty abuse of these fine people.


  • #1210
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    Billy86 wrote: »
    How dare you be so rude and insulting! You should treat his opinion with respect and politely point out whatever it is you might disagree with. Honestly, what is it with the "yes" crowd being so thoughtless, mean and insulting? You're making those poor "no" campaigners feel very sad with your insensitive and nasty abuse of these fine people.

    Not sure if serious, it was a play on his user name. He can of course say what he likes.


  • #1211
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    bodice ripper wrote: »
    Not sure if serious, it was a play on his user name. He can of course say what he likes.

    I think it was a joke. It can be difficult to tell in this thread in fairness.


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  • #1212
    flunkyfearsome
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭flunkyfearsome


    In fairness the No crowd are pretty pissed with us because they had to donate their communion/confirmation money to the Iona institute to help hire the best legal team so they can sue pretty much all of us on the Yes side


  • #1213
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    bodice ripper wrote: »
    Not sure if serious, it was a play on his user name. He can of course say what he likes.

    All that poor man did was try to state that homosexuality is an illness, and disease, a sickness (that one would assume can surely then be cured?) brought on by poor parenting and years of neglect leading to a "broken" person, implying that gay people are "lesser" people than straight folks, and that don't deserve the same basic human rights such as marriage... and you had to go and insult and silence him like a big meanie! Typical, just typical. How dare you!

    *not serious.


  • #1214
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,010 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    flunkyfearsome wrote: »
    In fairness the No crowd are pretty pissed with us because they had to donate their communion/confirmation money to the Iona institute to help hire the best legal team so they can sue pretty much all of us on the Yes side

    This kind of post does no good for the "Yes" campaign at all.
    There is a chance that reading posts like this could turn off many Catholics who would be thinking of actually voting Yes.
    No need for it.
    If a "No" poster is being a prat there is no need to go to that level.


  • #1215
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    tayto lover wrote: »
    This kind of post does no good for the "Yes" campaign at all.
    There is a chance that reading posts like this could turn off many Catholics who would be thinking of actually voting Yes.
    No need for it.
    If a "No" poster is being a prat there is no need to go to that level.

    And again, waiting for a yes person to say something while a no person can say
    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    I'll be voting 'No'

    In my view it's a sickness brought on by a level of neglect by parents or maybe a lack of!

    And its grand.


  • #1216
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,010 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    Is there a reason you only condemn the unsavoury posts on the Yes side?

    Read the post again.


  • #1217
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,010 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    I have, and I don't follow your logic that catholics would be swayed away from voting yes based on that post. Unless you're suggesting that they aren't intelligent enough to realise it's completely irrelevant.

    There is only one side in the debate with something to gain.
    Attacking the Catholic Church is not the way to gain votes.


  • #1218
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    tayto lover wrote: »
    There is only one side in the debate with something to gain.
    Attacking the Catholic Church is not the way to gain votes.

    The no side must have something to gain if they care so much about it.


  • #1219
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,010 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    They weren't, they were attacking Iona. The only people that's going to turn away are people who support Iona, and I'd bet all my belongings that there is not one person who supports Iona who is anything other than 100% for a no vote.

    ...because they had to donate their communion/confirmation money to the Iona institute to help hire the best legal team so they can sue pretty much all of us on the Yes side

    The Iona institute do not have those sacraments.


  • #1220
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,010 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    shruikan2553 wrote: »
    The no side must have something to gain if they care so much about it.

    They have die-hards who see gay marriage as an affront to them.
    Attacking all of them does not win friends.


  • #1221
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,010 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    Right. But they only represent a small subset of Catholics in Ireland. That post was clearly aimed towards that subset, and there would be no hope of convincing any of them to vote yes anyway.

    That post was not about a small subset though. It didn't say that at all.


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  • #1222
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,010 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    No rational catholic is going to be donating to the Iona institute.

    Agree but he should have stated that. He didn't.


  • #1223
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,172 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    flunkyfearsome wrote: »
    When you consider opinions like this how are you supposed to take the No side serious, and I'm not even going go there, intellect is lacking in such a no vote like this

    ERMAHGERD, the QUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARES are oppressing me!


  • #1224
    VinLieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,164 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    I'll be voting 'No'

    In my view it's a sickness brought on by a level of neglect by parents or maybe a lack of!

    And your view is backed up by what facts?


  • #1225
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 55,010 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    The post specifically mentioned the no campaign (who I'm pretty sure aren't going to be swayed) and the Iona institute. If you genuinely take that as an attack on all Catholics then there's no reasoning with you.

    You don't know how anyone will take that so why post it at all.


  • #1226
    fran17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,262 ✭✭✭fran17


    Flem31 wrote: »
    I think a poll should be included as part of this thread with four choices as I believe they reflect the current views of all

    Yes
    No
    Undecided
    Wont be voting

    Why on Gods earth,sorry most people in this thread don't have a faith,on earth would you put a poll on a homosexual issue here.Of course homosexuals and supporters of homosexuality are going to be highly active in an online forum.I'd predict at least a 80% in favour vote here but this forum has absolutely no relevance to the opinion of Ireland as a whole.


  • #1227
    Flem31
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭Flem31


    fran17 wrote: »
    Why on Gods earth,sorry most people in this thread don't have a faith,on earth would you put a poll on a homosexual issue here.Of course homosexuals and supporters of homosexuality are going to be highly active in an online forum.I'd predict at least a 80% in favour vote here but this forum has absolutely no relevance to the opinion of Ireland as a whole.

    Oh I have no doubt the yes vote would be high.......its the last two categories what may be more interesting.

    Given the way this thread has gone over the past few days, posting a not sure or not voting is almost as bad as a no preference.....perhaps some are reading but not commenting


  • #1228
    TheQuietFella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,857 ✭✭✭TheQuietFella


    A poll here has as much relevance as gay marriage.

    Have people considered everything that's associated with a marriage?

    I know 'a few' & have no issues with them but the idea of a marriage just goes

    against my grain anyway.


  • #1229
    Flem31
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭Flem31


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    Because a higher amount of us have the mental capacity to operate technology?

    So if you like someone of the opposite sex, you are more likely to be stupid ?


  • #1230
    Flem31
    Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭Flem31


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    I don't know, you'll have to ask fran. He's the one making the wild claims in the first place.

    More deflection....he made me do it


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  • #1231
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    TheQuietFella wrote: »
    Have people considered everything that's associated with a marriage?
    Such as?


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