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Westboro Baptist Church celebrates Boston Marathon explosion (IrishCentral)

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:03:03 PDT

There's no tragedy too painful for those self-styled Christians over at the Westboro Baptist Church Yesterday they publicly celebrated the Boston Marathon Explosion and announced their plans to protest the funerals of the innocent people killed, one of which will reportedly include an eight year old boyAs the majority of citizens expressed their distress and compassion for the grief stricken city Westboro sent them a message of hate The Obama administration is currently focused on apprehending the culprits responsible for the appalling attack but the Westboro group claim they really know who is behind the killings: God, in His fury over same sex marriage READ MORE

Father Gerald Murray says gays are oppressing and victimizing Catholics - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:33:32 PDT

Father Gerald MurrayI'm on a diet That means you're attacking my freedom and undermining my beliefs each time -you- eat a doughnut I'm serious, you're doing me harm OK not actual harm, try metaphysical harm READ MORE

Bill O'Reilly reinvents his own past to blast Bill Clinton over DOMA (IrishCentral)

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:32:37 PDT

Bill O'Reilly looks back and sees only other people's folliesWrite this down: Bill O'Reilly has accused his namesake Bill Clinton of 'sleazy' political pandering to the gays Clinton, O'Reilly said, was a 'phony' because he signed the Republican written and introduced (and Republican Party platform endorsed) Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 1996 rather than face the wrath of voters over the issueIn a further bit of impressive historical revisionism O'Reilly then accused Clinton of signing DOMA, a toxic bit of homophobia barely disguised as a bill, because it was 'popular' rather than principled 'You can change your mind on the issue, but you have to explain that in context other than politics,' said O’Reilly READ MORE

Right-wing pundit Bill O’Reilly compares anti-gay marriage protesters to bible bashers - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:58:03 PDT

By: KERRY O’SHEA

Bill O’Reilly, host of ‘The O’Reilly Factor’ on FOX News, said on Tuesday that those in favor of same-sex marriage have presented the more compelling argument in the brewing battle that is currently being debated in the Supreme Court.

Gay candidates, gay rights win at US polls (IrishCentral)

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 06:30:55 PST

Gay rights are no longer political KryptoniteTuesday changed the political calculus on LGBT rights in the United States forever There are lessons to be drawn from this, but first lets marvel at what was accomplishedHere in New York rising star Sean Patrick Maloney defeated incumbent Nan Hayworth to become the first openly gay candidate elected to Congress from the state In Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin made history by winning her bid for the Senate READ MORE

Conference hears Ireland could be a role model for gay, lesbian and transgender rights (IrishCentral)

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 06:44:58 PDT

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Ireland could act as a model European state for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex rights if it chose to according to a top international human rights activist.

Healthcare, gay marriage and the right side of history - dealing with our modern pressing social issues (IrishCentral)

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 06:16:27 PDT

Sometimes, it seems that imagination is a slave of modernity You can look around you and see the swirl of technological gadgets that assist your living and generally consider the relative ease with which you live and think to yourself: how can we possibly top this? Are there any quantum leaps left? What possible thing could our kids complain in a “back in our day” manner to our grandkids? Of course, there are plenty Not just in the technological sphere but in the social, and in fact the intersection between those two will be the ethical battlefield for several generations to come But in the meantime, we have plenty of pressing social issues to deal with READ MORE

'Glee' could turn your kids gay Bill O'Reilly warns - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:00:08 PDT

Bill O'Reilly is worried that Glee, the all-singing all-dancing smash hit musical show on Fox, will encourage America's youth to experiment with 'alternative lifestyles'Let's be clear: 'alternative lifestyles,' for Fox News pundits, is code for gay O'Reilly is concerned that watching Glee will turn your kids gayO'Reilly didn't say gay though, because for conservatives your sexual orientation is not something that's fixed or innate, like your eye color or the color of your skin - instead it's altogether more elective, it's something you can fall into, like stamp collecting or model ship building READ MORE

Chris Christie calls gay rights struggle 'theater' (IrishCentral)

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:45:17 PST

Yesterday New Jersey's Senate approved marriage equality for same sex couples The bill passed by a wider than expected marginBut Governor Chris Christie has promised to veto it when it comes to his desk on Thursday, contemptuously calling the vote ' a bunch of good theater'Theater? To who, Governor? Not to the tens of thousands of people living in your own state READ MORE

Gay rights are human rights, court finds (IrishCentral)

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:45:33 PST

Theodore Olson, who helped challenge California’s same-sex marriage ban, appears Tuesday in Los Angeles with plaintiffs Jeff Zarrillo (left) and Paul Katami Imagine there are literally tens of thousands of people who, although they have never met you, don’t like you And I mean they really don’t like youIt’s personal READ MORE

Governor Chris Christie says majorities should vote on minority rights (IrishCentral)

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:15:23 PST

This week New Jersey Governor Chris Christie claimed that the civil rights movement in the 1960's should have opted for a public referendum on equality rather than resorting to public protests, which led to them - he said - 'fighting and dying on the streets'Honestly, they could have spared themselves the mess, according to our esteemed historianI imagine the leaders of the civil rights era would have an unmistakable response to Christie's contention, and I imagine much of it would be delivered in quite strong language A plebiscite in the late 1950's or 1960's that would have overturned Jim Crow? Really Governor?It's insupportable, in fact it's craven nonsense to contend that the majority community in the south would have done anything other than denied African Americans civil rights at the ballot box READ MORE

Republican debate audience loudly boos gay soldier (IrishCentral)

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:05:21 PDT

I admit it, I thought I had seen everything when it came to the contempt the far right has for the citizens of this country who takes a different view (and that would be most of us, frankly)Still, I was startled when the audience at a previous Republican presidential debate cheered Rick Perry's unbroken death penalty execution recordThen later I was even more surprised when the crowd cheered the idea of allowing an uninsured young man to die It gave me a real sense of what ancient Rome must have sounded like to anyone unfortunate enough to find themselves standing in the center of the Colosseum READ MORE

Pat Robertson: if your wife has Alzheimer's, divorce her (IrishCentral)

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:05:22 PDT

I've come to anticipate high handed judgements from American evangelical leaders, but even I was surprised by the sheer thoughtlessness of Pat Robertson's directive to the husband of an Alzheimer's patient this weekThe troubled husband wrote to Robertson for advice on the right thing to do?Divorce your wife, Robertson replied, but make sure she has 'somebody' to look after her, and then move on with your new life partnerIf you ever needed proof that Robertson has never understood love - straight or gay - there it isThere's some Christian values for you READ MORE

Massachusetts Catholic mother inundated with gays - Stacy Trasancos' missive on gay families (IrishCentral)

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:20:25 PDT

A Massachusetts stay-at-home mother of seven wrote a very plaintive missive on the internet this week In a blog post on her website she outlined how the disgusting spectacle of gay families enjoying a nice day out a local public pool has left her terrified to the point she is now afraid to leave her own home'I find myself unable to even leave the house anymore without worrying about what in tarnation we are going to encounter,' wrote Stacy Trasancos 'We are responsible citizens READ MORE

New York Irish bar defies local opposition to host gay wedding celebrations (IrishCentral)

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:37:02 PDT

By: MOLLY MULDOON

An Irish bar in Sunnyside Queens has reiterated its support of hosting same-sex wedding celebrations, despite opposition from locals on the issue.

Gay rights landmark in New York City bill (IrishCentral)

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:55:43 PDT

By: Irish Voice Editorial

The passing of the gay marriage bill by the New York legislature is an act of political courage and conviction that should be applauded.

NY Council Speaker speaks out for gay rights in New York St. Patrick’s parades - SEE VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:33:50 PST

By: MOLLY MULDOON

Thousands march in Dublin for civil marriage rights for gays (IrishCentral)

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:27:11 PDT

By: DARA KELLY

Up to 3,000 Irish gay, bisexual and transgender protestors (and their straight allies) took to the streets of Dublin on Sunday to demand full civil marriage rights for same sex couples.

Irish Queers Parade Protest (IrishCentral)

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:00:22 PDT

Are everyone's respective hangovers cured yet? Not to perpetuate the stereotype of St Patrick's Day But seriously I spent most of the day doing journalism work myself, but managed to make it to a few bars and parties throughout the evening READ MORE

St. Patrick's Day Eve (IrishCentral)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:45:24 PDT

On the eve of St Patrick's Day, as we all lay out green T-shirts for the morning and snuggle down in our beds, dreaming of Guinness, we might think about those who won't be included in tomorrow's festivities - gay Irish Americans who aren't allowed to march in the New York City paradeThe 249-year-old parade is a private event run by the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), which is a Roman Catholic religious organization While they don't specifically disallow homosexuals to march with other organizations (a gay firefighter would presumably be allowed to march with the FDNY, strictly in a firefighter capacity), they don't let gay groups participate READ MORE