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Former President McAleese slams Catholic church's attitude to homosexuality (IrishCentral)

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 04:41:14 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Former Irish President Mary McAleese has slammed the Catholic church’s views on homosexuality.

DUP Lord Mayor of Belfast attends Gay Pride event – but renounces homosexuality (IrishCentral)

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:00:01 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Ulster’s Democratic Unionist Party has finally participated in a Gay Pride event in Belfast.

Ulster Lord describes gay marriages and homosexuality as deviant (IrishCentral)

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:10:02 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis has caused a major stink in Northern Ireland with his radio attack on same sex marriages.

Ill-Conceived Ice Cream Ads (IrishCentral)

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:45:13 PDT

While this news is a few weeks old, it just came to my attention and roused up so many conflicting emotions in a matter of seconds that I had to share itMy friend forwarded me this post from the Atlantic Wire blog, about the UK's Advertising Standards Agency banning a series of ads by Italian ice cream company Antonio Federici Gelato Italiano READ MORE

Emma Thompson joked about Irish being shot and ‘stoning homosexuals’ (IrishCentral)

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:52:25 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

The Isle of Wight Council has hit back at Emma Thompson after comments she made on the “Late Late Show” with Craig Ferguson.

The British actress, currently starring in “The Return of Nanny McPhee”, accused Isle of Wight residents of “stoning homosexuals”. She also said that Irish and Scottish people were shot if they arrived on the island.

Although the actress was clearly speaking in jest politicians from the island have spoken out against her “outlandish” and “ridiculous” comments.

The Isle of Wight is the largest of Britain’s islands located in the English Channel, off the south coast. An island representative, David Pugh said “It's a great shame that someone with her profile should make such ridiculous claims.

“Presumably Emma Thompson made these comments to get some laughs on the chat show.

“Her claims are 'Much Ado About Nothing' and as outlandish as some of the fiction in the Harry Potter films she has been working on.

“If there was a Golden Globe Award for Best Fictional Claims on a Chat Show, Emma Thompson would win it hands down"

Craig Ferguson, an expat of Scotland, and host of the show, told Thompson he was going on vacation to Catalina, an island off California. The island is often compared to the Isle of Wight.

Thompson, responded roaring with laughter “Oh, so they stone homosexuals there? Nice…I think they are allowed to shoot Irish or Scottish people if they arrive on the island. It is still in the rules, they are allowed to torture people. It's lovely, you should go."

Officials said that Thompson had gotten the Isle of Wight confused with the Isle of Man where homosexuality was only legalized in 1992, 25 years after England and Wales.

Victory for gays, Muslims and freedom (IrishCentral)

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:00:17 PDT

This past week, our country has seen two separate victories, in policy and politics, for tolerance and the separation of church and state California's Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage was overturned in federal court The proposed mosque (which is really a cultural center with a space for prayers) at Ground Zero (which is really several blocks away) has avoided major roadblocks and garnered the support of New York City mayor Michael BloombergTo some, both of these items are good news READ MORE

Celibacy, homosexuality blamed by Catholics for pedophile priests (IrishCentral)

Tue, 04 May 2010 02:35:30 PDT

A majority of American Catholics believe celibacy plays a role in sex abuse of children by Catholic priests according to a new poll 31 percent see the policy as a major factor and 28 percent characterize it as a minor factor in causing the abuse,in latest New York Times/CBS News PollHowever 35 percent of American Catholics say that celibacy plays no part A majority believe homosexuality among priests has some relationship to the pedophile acts, 30 percent said it is a major factor and 23 percent a minor factorThe poll showed that 37 percent of Catholics do not think homosexuality among priests is a factor in the abuse of children READ MORE

Catholic League says Church crisis is homosexual problem, not child abuse (IrishCentral)

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:13:06 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

The Catholic League says the ongoing Church abuse scandal is a homosexual crisis.

Patti Smith, Ireland and the Catholic Church (IrishCentral)

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:00:31 PST

Patti Smith is a rocker, poet and memoirist and, having read her memoir "Just Kids," I can also tell you she is Irish -- in ancestry at least She grew up in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and her family was poor; she tells how as a child she would play games with her siblings, taking the roles of Catholic against Protestant"We fought the wars of our Irish grandfathers, the orange and the green We wore the orange yet knew nothing of its meaning READ MORE

Study: Homosexuality not a factor in priest abuse (IrishCentral)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:49:54 PST

By: DARA MCBRIDE

A $2 million dollar study commissioned by Roman Catholic Bishops at the height of the Church’s sexual abuse scandal in the U.S. has found no connection between sexual orientation and abuse of children by clergy.