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Irish prime minister happy to be spotted in gay ‘Panti Bar’

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English: Enda Kenny (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The homosexual cause has advanced so far in the once-Catholic Republic of Ireland that the country’s  taoioseach  or prime minister, Enda Kenny , is evidently comfortable posing for pictures with other party officials at a celebrated Dublin homosexual club. The “Panti Bar” is owned by Rory O’Neill, himself a celebrity who performs in drag under the name Panti Bliss. While O’Neill/Panti was absent, the “LGBT” caucus within the ruling Fine Gael party was there for Christmas drinks and so was its founder and Fine Gael notable Jerry Buttimer , along with Education Minister James Reilly. Buttimer, who arranged Kenny’s stopover from a previous event, appeared anxious to clarify that the taoiseach, though he was  at  the party, was not actually  partying . He was, reported one columnist, “recognising their work on the gender recognition bill, the family relationship legislation and the gay marriage referendum.” And while Kenny has n

Irelands revamped constitution must not change definition of marriage

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Image via Wikipedia   Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin defended traditional marriage in the midst of a looming political attack during an address before the Mater Dei Institute of Education this past Tuesday. “The Irish Constitution clearly carves out a special role for the family.  The legal presumption is that the definition of the family in the Constitution is one based on marriage between a man and a woman,” the archbishop commented, according to the Iona Institute .  “In line with most European countries Ireland recognises the fundamental difference between marriage and other forms of relationship.” The archbishop’s comments come in the wake of a proposal on the part of Ireland’s two ruling political parties, Fine Gael and the Labor Party , for a Constitutional Convention to redraft the Irish Constitution. Among the changes proposed is the redefinition of marriage to include same-sex unions. The Fine Gael party replaced Fianna Fail as the new Parliamentary majority i