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Ireland rules out referendum on abortion, but puts gay ‘marriage’ on the ballot

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English: Enda Kenny speaking at the YFG national conference (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Ireland's health minister backed away from both sides of the abortion issue on Tuesday when he ruled out holding a referendum to establish the legality of the Irish abortion law. Minister for Health Dr. Leo Varadkar was responding to an abortion bill tabled by Independent TD Clare Daly that sought to repeal the 8th amendment to the Constitution, which aims to constitutionally legalize abortion in Ireland . Daly called for her pro-abortion bill to be included with the other referenda, such as the referendum on same-sex "marriage" that Prime Minister Enda Kenny   announced yesterday  would be included on the ballot, planned for May of next year. However, the 2013 “Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act” that legalized abortion under certain circumstances is legislation that pro-life activists say violates the clear pro-life provisions contained in the country's Constitu

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