Renew, Donegal Christian nutters attack civil partnership

[Mitsui2]

I so read 'Lobster' for 'Otter', WTF???

haven't had brekkie yet...

You have lobster for brekkie, dot?

Aha - you must be a Highly Overpaid Public Servant!!!!

[Mitsui2]

Apparently these are the campaign issues of Mary Doherty's group:

The promotion and protection of marriage and family life
To influence government legislation which protects and supports family life
The teaching of sex education is primarily the role of the parent and must be taught in accordance with Catholic principles which always respects the child’s natural modesty
The protection of children against sexualisation by the media and the entertainment and commercial industries.
To end the commercialization of human sexuality and the objectification of women through the media, sex industries and on the internet
To lobby the government to strengthen the obscenity laws and to impose heavy sanctions for the breaking of those laws
The regulation of the media and advertising industry by an impartial body, independent of the industries concerned.

Looks like the sort of list that should have "blasphemy" on it. Tell me, is there maybe a little crossed-out "blasphemy" at the bottom otf it, with a tick beside it & the scribbled words "one up for us!!!"

[scratchnsniff]

I heard it. The other lady didn't need to say anything (though she did) the lady was an argument against herself. She seemed to have no concept or at least no respect for the division of church and state.
We can laugh here, but imagine if as in some countries, you actually had to pretend to go along with the fundamentalists. Imagine if people like that directly controlled the govt.
We came too close in the past and are only now beginning to recognize the damage that was caused when church overpowered state.
Anyway, Its funny how this majority always seem to stay so silent when the loony fringe is empowering them.

[reknaw]

I wonder is she the same aul wan from Donegal Town who used to write to the Irish Times on a regular basis moaning about sex education in schools, condoms being freely available and --- what really seems to have gotten to her --- the fact that a shop in her very own town was quite openly selling crotchless knickers?

[Pauli]

She invoked Article 41 of the constitution which, since she represents an extreme, fundamentalist, far right-wing viewpoint, should be examined to see if it requires amending to bring it in line with 21st century thinking. Zealots will always use the fig leaf of a strict interpretation of a law or a constitutional article to legitimise their intolerance and the disingenuous use of such a mechanism must be removed.

[Mitsui2]

what really seems to have gotten to her --- the fact that a shop in her very own town was quite openly selling crotchless knickers?

Ah now, to be fair that may just have been admirable Donegal frugality - maybe she didn't see why people should have to pay full price (and a high price I'm sure it was!) for a partial garment.

[White Horse]

There is a mad wan on Pat Kenny radio 1 talking about "feminist Marxist ideology at war with Christianity"
Feminist/Marxism?

This is a throwback, she is worried about handing out contraceptives to people under-age.

Ivana Bacik's doppelganger?

[redpath]

Ah now, to be fair that may just have been admirable Donegal frugality - maybe she didn't see why people should have to pay full price (and a high price I'm sure it was!) for a partial garment.

Is it just that they have dirty minds and spend all day imagining what two men might get up to, or two women or a young wan with a crotchless knickers?

Honestly I think that may be half their problem.............
thinking "bad thought"

[redpath]

Ivana Bacik's doppelganger?

Is Ivana Marxist?

[b.a. baracus]

Is it just that they have dirty minds and spend all day imagining what two men might get up to, or two women or a young wan with a crotchless knickers?

Honestly I think that may be half their problem.............
thinking "bad thought"

You are on to something there. These people have the same urges as everybody else. The only difference is that they beat themselves up for having something which, as they are devout religious nutballs, presumably was given to them by their creator.

Was it Samuel Johnson that produced a dictionary and after it's publication received a visit from two devoutly religious women who congratulated him for not including any obscene words. His comment to them was that he was glad to see they had been looking them up.