Quote Originally Posted by gako
Iris Robinson, a DUP politician and wife of the first minister, is at it again. Speaking her mind, that is. She has come out strongly against abortion on BBC Northern Ireland. This follows her remarks on gays needing psychiatric help. Without this thread turning into an Catholic church bashing thread, does Iris have sympathy with in a lot of the catholic flock in the North of Ireland? And if so, on morality issues such as homosexuality,divorce, abortion,etc etc, Sinn Fein does not represent their supporters.

No, of course she has almost zero support amongst Catholics. But it's not because of her position on "morality issues". A lot of old-school Catholics have no problem with her positions on homosexuality, divorce, abortion, etc. Those Catholics hate her because she is a crazy Catholic-hating sectarian bi*ch, not because she is a crazy gay-hating fundamentalist bi*ch. As a more enlightened Catholic, I hate her for both reasons.