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