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Gay Irish Prime Minister leads New York St. Patrick’s Parade with male partner

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The newly elected gay Prime Minister of Ireland marched at the head of New York City ’s 257th St. Patrick’s Day Parade . Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar was wedged between his homosexual partner,  Matt Barrett , and pro-LGBT Democrat Governor of New York , Andrew Cuomo as they paraded up 5th Avenue . The Prime Minister also attended Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral where he was greeted by New York ’s Cardinal Dolan.   View image on Twitter Leo Varadkar ✔ @campaignforleo Honoured to meet Cardinal Timothy Dolan and his nephew at the # StPatricksDay Mass in NY 12:07 AM - Mar 18, 2018 206 48 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy It is unknown whether or not the openly gay head of state was offered and received communion.   Among the 150,000 marchers were two groups carrying banners identifying themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender,  according  to a ...

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...