Anti Catholicism in Labour Government

[seanmoylantd]

I hate posting new threads ,but I am surprised no one else has commented on Aodhan O Riordan quotations and motions.
He is the Dublin North Central TD,[Clontarf ,I assume],and a former principal of a NS.

I am taking exception to him telling 'The Irish Catholic that ' religious ethos has no place in the education sector of a modern republic”.
Really?Well who died and made you De Valera? [He who 'need only look into his heart to know the wishes of the Irish people 'fame]

There is a report called 'The Clontarf Report ' .It recommends that Civil Servants who deal with the Catholic Church should be screened to make sure they do not show' inappropriate deference ' to the Catholic Church'. This will be put forward at the Labour Party Conference in April ,and may become Party [not necessarily ]Government Policy.

Is this all that s bothering this prat? Why does he care?If Catholicism is going to die out ,it will die out naturally.Let it die in peace or no.

If Dep.O Riordan wanted to vet job applicants for heterosexuality ,there would be uproar.This is an unacceptable intrusion into freedom of religion.

[On a secondary note,Joan Bruton has cut Government payment towards Holy Communion and Confirmation clothes made by Welfare Officers,as of today.Hello Mr Moneylender.}

I am puzzled as to why we accept these petty tyrannies .Why are we valuing our religious freedom so cheaply?Does anyone object to these intrusions?Does anyone not remember the Penal Laws?Have we all forgotten all the good work done by devout Catholics in Ireland?When will we shout stop?

The Iona Institute | 01 Feb 12 Catholic civil servants should be screened says Labour party motion

[White Horse]

Mr. O'Riordan is as representative of Labour as the (ex) mayor of Naas is of Fine Gael.

Every party has it's nutters.

[eoghanacht]

Yeah, why would anybody be suspicious of the RCC?

To the OP how do you people won't agree with the report you mentioned? Or are yuou doing a "dev"?

It should be up to parents to instruct their children not the state.

As for metioning the penal laws,

[Garland Names the Skies]

I see a victim thread

[toxic avenger]

There are religious schools in most modern Republics, he's talking sh1te. He's confusing 'modern Republic' with 'Communist dictatorship'...

[Seanie Lemass]

Yeah, why would anybody be suspicious of the RCC?

To the OP how do you people won't agree with the report you mentioned? Or are yuou doing a "dev"?

It should be up to parents to instruct their children not the state.As for metioning the penal laws,

Only on certain things obviously!


Think about it .....

[Good Irish Mammy]

I hate posting new threads ,but I am surprised no one else has commented on Aodhan O Riordan quotations and motions.
He is the Dublin North Central TD,[Clontarf ,I assume],and a former principal of a NS.

I am taking exception to him telling 'The Irish Catholic that ' religious ethos has no place in the education sector of a modern republic”.
Really?Well who died and made you De Valera? [He who 'need only look into his heart to know the wishes of the Irish people 'fame]

There is a report called 'The Clontarf Report ' .It recommends that Civil Servants who deal with the Catholic Church should be screened to make sure they do not show' inappropriate deference ' to the Catholic Church'. This will be put forward at the Labour Party Conference in April ,and may become Party [not necessarily ]Government Policy.

Is this all that s bothering this prat? Why does he care?If Catholicism is going to die out ,it will die out naturally.Let it die in peace or no.

If Dep.O Riordan wanted to vet job applicants for heterosexuality ,there would be uproar.This is an unacceptable intrusion into freedom of religion.

[On a secondary note,Joan Bruton has cut Government payment towards Holy Communion and Confirmation clothes made by Welfare Officers,as of today.Hello Mr Moneylender.}

I am puzzled as to why we accept these petty tyrannies .Why are we valuing our religious freedom so cheaply?Does anyone object to these intrusions?Does anyone not remember the Penal Laws?Have we all forgotten all the good work done by devout Catholics in Ireland?When will we shout stop?

The Iona Institute | 01 Feb 12 Catholic civil servants should be screened says Labour party motion

I wouldn't worrry Sean. He's about 50 years too late. I thought it was a joke first when I saw it first. It's too weird.

As to the Communions etc I'm inclined to agree with the cut in payments. It's a religious occasion that has become gross. As a GIM who has put her lot through the process (in the simplest of outfits and with a lunch at home for family) I believe that schools and local churches should have white robes for First Communicants/Confirmation candidates, that are kept from year to year. In some mainland European countries, for their Communion, all the kids wear a white robe and the girls a simple wreath of flowers with it. That way much more thought goes into what it means for our children to receive the Body of Christ for the first time than how the tan and the curls look.

Some of the people who'll jump up and down over this might have kids who make a First Communion that will be their last.

[DaveM]

There are religious schools in most modern Republics, he's talking sh1te. He's confusing 'modern Republic' with 'Communist dictatorship'...

You want a religious education? Fine. That’s your entitlement. Just don’t expect that state to pay for it.

[Garland Names the Skies]

There are religious schools in most modern Republics, he's talking sh1te. He's confusing 'modern Republic' with 'Communist dictatorship'...

Communist Dictatorship. I see.

[Seanie Lemass]

There are religious schools in most modern Republics, he's talking sh1te. He's confusing 'modern Republic' with 'Communist dictatorship'...

It's all oul hypocrisy anyway. same people who are opposed to state support for private schools make an exception if the schools are Church of Ireland! The latter being some sort of oppressed minority of course