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Gay Marriage/Marriage Equality/End of World?

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    #9692
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,849 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    They better get cracking, I'd say the cost of a flight to Russia is about to skyrocket. :pac:


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    #9693
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,137 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    John Waters ‘Relocating to Uganda’

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #9694
    130Kph
    Closed Accounts Posts: 625 ✭✭✭130Kph


    Feel good moments like these don't come around often for countries. They usually only last hours, rather than days.

    Its happening right now for us, this evening!!

    Enjoy, everybody :)


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    #9695
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,137 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Watching RTE1

    They've finished with the gay election for now, now they're talking about the bi election :)

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #9696
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,137 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Going Strong wrote: »
    I've said it before but...

    I know three people, three progressive liberal people, with NUI votes, none of whom have ever actually used them. "Too busy/forgot" seems to be the case each time. :(

    I've a TCD one, David Norris always gets my number 1


    Banna can you get those feckers in Cork to count a bit faster :p

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #9697
    mohawk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,781 ✭✭✭mohawk


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Mullen was actually elected by NUI graduates.

    What were they thinking?

    I didn't use my vote for last senate election. I promise to use it next time. Lesson learnt.



    Ps sorry


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    #9698
    Going Strong
    Registered Users Posts: 837 ✭✭✭Going Strong


    mohawk wrote: »
    I didn't use my vote for last senate election. I promise to use it next time. Lesson learnt.



    Ps sorry


    No Gay Marriage for you until you do vote so.


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    #9699
    Frank Bullitt
    Registered Users Posts: 11,303 ✭✭✭✭Frank Bullitt


    A truly great day for Ireland.

    As an Irishman abroad, I feel really proud of my country, and of those who fought for this. You are special people who have done your country a service to be held in the highest regard.

    Now, go party.


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    #9700
    Going Strong
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    Breda O'Brien is on Six One now wanting us to think about the No side and how upset they are that they lost. We're no longer a democracy anymore apparently. Gay Meejah Hoors are to blame. The poor No-ers were all bullied unmercifully. Surrogacy, surrogacy, surrogacy. Won't someone please think of the children? Can I go now? And she's away.


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    #9701
    PopePalpatine
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    mohawk wrote: »
    I didn't use my vote for last senate election. I promise to use it next time. Lesson learnt.



    Ps sorry

    I probably won't have an NUI vote for the next Seanad election either, I'm graduating some time in autumn 2016.


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    #9702
    lazygal
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    Confused. I'm still married. And my two children are still here. To be on the safe side we've kept a close eye on them but thankfully they haven't been gay adopted yet. When will mothers and fathers no longer matter?


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    #9703
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,137 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Radio1

    Mattie McGrath was talking about how he went up into the mountains with Pat Carey

    Was it Brokeback Mountain? :p


    Miriam Lord had a great piece in the IT today, she called him 'Mothers and Fathers Mattie' :pac:

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #9704
    Going Strong
    Registered Users Posts: 837 ✭✭✭Going Strong


    lazygal wrote: »
    Confused. I'm still married. And my two children are still here. To be on the safe side we've kept a close eye on them but thankfully they haven't been gay adopted yet. When will mothers and fathers no longer matter?

    And John Waters told us that "No" was going to win. Off I went to the bookies with my life savings and placed a bet on foot of such informed opinion. Where's my winnings John Boy? You're not the only one who knows how to sue people you know.


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    #9705
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,328 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Going Strong wrote: »
    Breda O'Brien is on Six One now wanting us to think about the No side and how upset they are that they lost. We're no longer a democracy anymore apparently. Gay Meejah Hoors are to blame. The poor No-ers were all bullied unmercifully. Surrogacy, surrogacy, surrogacy. Won't someone please think of the children? Can I go now? And she's away.

    Iona won't have to worry about questions about their funding from now on. All they need to do is start selling decorative vials of their delicious tears after today's defeat and they'll have a financial war chest. I'd buy two full sets, one to put on the mantlepiece and one to use as seasoning in various soups or casseroles.


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    #9706
    Fleawuss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,681 ✭✭✭Fleawuss


    Interesting to see the Fall of Berlin mentality among Catholic types. They're going to try to be a blockade to any sort of progress. Catholic doctrine repackaged as natural law and medical ethics. They're going to fight house to house etc. The catholic vote and the No vote are elderly. Every year that passes weakens them. Watch the emergence of the procedural blockades, the technical roadblocks, the legal challenges. The real irony is that they were hammered today by families and mothers and fathers who stood by their gay children and brothers and sisters and cousins.


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    #9707
    joseph brand
    Registered Users Posts: 4,537 ✭✭✭joseph brand


    Bad Horse wrote: »
    Iona won't have to worry about questions about their funding from now on. All they need to do is start selling decorative vials of their delicious tears after today's defeat and they'll have a financial war chest. I'd buy two full sets, one to put on the mantlepiece and one to use as seasoning in various soups or casseroles.

    My message to The Iona propaganda machine:

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    #9708
    Not a NSA agent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 781 ✭✭✭Not a NSA agent


    Are the bishops waiting until tomorrow to announce they wont have anything to do with the civil part of marriage? Or are we pretending they never said anything?


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    #9709
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,137 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Fleawuss wrote: »
    The real irony is that they were hammered today by families and mothers and fathers who stood by their gay children and brothers and sisters and cousins.

    The Yes vote today was very strong in working class Dublin constituencies - places which were very homophobic in the 80s - places where many people don't vote and don't engage with politics.
    I know I grew up in one. I was bullied and abused and I wasn't even gay.
    Times have changed.
    Also all the Iona propaganda about 'single parents bad' didn't go down too well it seems.
    This is a great day.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #9710
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,137 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Fleawuss wrote: »
    Interesting to see the Fall of Berlin mentality among Catholic types.

    It's not like the Fall of Berlin - fear and regret

    It's like the fall of the Berlin Wall - Party time!

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #9711
    obplayer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭obplayer


    Praying-Hands-20071.jpg

    Referendum - Catholic fundamentalists have their prayers answered by God!

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    Get stuffed God says!!


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    #9712
    Penn
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    Not a NSA agent wrote: »
    Are the bishops waiting until tomorrow to announce they wont have anything to do with the civil part of marriage? Or are we pretending they never said anything?

    They overestimated their power; badly and hilariously. They'll go into damage control for the next while, probably preach about how civil marriage is fine and they've no problem with it but religious marriage is something only the church can provide.


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    #9713
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,401 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    A great day for Ireland - the city center here in Dublin is absolutely hopping at the moment - haven't seen so many happy people since the 1990 World Cup :)


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    #9714
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,401 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    Best comment I've seen about the Other Side is this one:
    Giblet wrote: »
    anna080 wrote: »
    [...] should the Iona Institute back off [...]
    I think the 'f' and 'u' keys on your keyboard are broken.


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    #9715
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,470 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    There's always one idiot... This evening in Dublin.

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    #9716
    aloyisious
    Registered Users Posts: 11,557 ✭✭✭✭aloyisious


    Colm O'Gorman dives in to save this preacher. video at: http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/video-lone-protester-overwhelmed-by-god-loves-gays-street-party-678489.html


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    #9717
    BlaasForRafa
    Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭BlaasForRafa


    Bad Horse wrote: »
    They overestimated their power; badly and hilariously. They'll go into damage control for the next while, probably preach about how civil marriage is fine and they've no problem with it but religious marriage is something only the church can provide.

    Because marriage with the invisible sky-fairy's blessing is so much more successful and lasting, of course!

    With this crushing defeat, the church and their cronies can no longer spout off about "the silent majority". The high level of turnout shows that the majority is no longer silent and isn't prone to kowtow to the church any longer.

    I had to laugh when I saw Diarmuid Martin interviewed earlier and he was asked about the young people that came out in droves to support the yes vote and he said "well the young people that came out are a product of 12 years of education in catholic schools" and you could see the lightbulb in his brain shatter at that point "oh"


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    #9718
    Not a NSA agent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 781 ✭✭✭Not a NSA agent


    Bad Horse wrote: »
    They overestimated their power; badly and hilariously. They'll go into damage control for the next while, probably preach about how civil marriage is fine and they've no problem with it but religious marriage is something only the church can provide.

    I would actually have some respect for them if they went through with it, but instead we have the church which is just trying to be popular while not pissing off the people who follow it. Thankfully the pope's mask is slipping a bit too.
    BlaasForRafa wrote: »
    Because marriage with the invisible sky-fairy's blessing is so much more successful and lasting, of course!

    With this crushing defeat, the church and their cronies can no longer spout off about "the silent majority". The high level of turnout shows that the majority is no longer silent and isn't prone to kowtow to the church any longer.

    I had to laugh when I saw Diarmuid Martin interviewed earlier and he was asked about the young people that came out in droves to support the yes vote and he said "well the young people that came out are a product of 12 years of education in catholic schools" and you could see the lightbulb in his brain shatter at that point "oh"

    Any video for the interview?


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    #9719
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,311 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Going Strong wrote: »
    Breda O'Brien is on Six One now wanting us to think about the No side and how upset they are that they lost. We're no longer a democracy anymore apparently. Gay Meejah Hoors are to blame. The poor No-ers were all bullied unmercifully. Surrogacy, surrogacy, surrogacy. Won't someone please think of the children? Can I go now? And she's away.

    I've not seen that clip as I'm just back online after being away for the day. It sounds like a crop of crap.

    I will always defend people's right to vote how they want. Let me again say that I'm not a political analyst. It comes down to this. The No side lost because it had nothing to positive to say. David Quinn's congrats tweet is about the only positive thing they have said during the whole campaign. Seriously. The tone of their campaign was extremely negative. They can complain about media bias, being denied a voice, media group think, balance, anti-Catholic bigotry and whatever else. The loss is on their head and their own doing. Did you even have professional media advisors? You ran on red herrings and fear. You were basically Iona and its offshoots, with some fringe people thrown in. AFAIK, you didn't have a word to say when Pat Carey and Ursula Halligan came out. A simple tweet with decency might not have made any difference, but you could at least have said well done to Pat and Ursula. I'm discounting Leo as he's a young guy. Do the autospy a la what was done when Romney lost. Do not sit around and start feeling sorry yourself, which sounds like Breda's input above.

    I'm not going to claim everything in the Yes camp was hunky dory. The Twitter machine blew its own trumpet and overestimated its own importance, at times.

    It's been a very emotional 24-48 hours. Twitter is hard to read without being moved - I'm not gay, btw. May 22nd, 2015 - Ireland lit a torch that can not be extinguished. People voted with their heads and their hearts, including Catholics. I'm damn proud.

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

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    #9720
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,119 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    The Black Oil wrote: »
    The No side lost because it had nothing to positive to say. David Quinn's congrats tweet is about the only positive thing they have said during the whole campaign. Seriously. The tone of their campaign was extremely negative.

    Whaddya mean:

    https://twitter.com/PaddyJManning/status/602092788516257792

    https://twitter.com/PaddyJManning/status/602093531860205568

    :pac:


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    #9721
    aloyisious
    Registered Users Posts: 11,557 ✭✭✭✭aloyisious


    Greystones count centre today, the important table.


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