R.J.'s Talkback Plebe Radio (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} luciusmalfoy) wrote,@ 2009-06-28 08:28:00 |
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Begosh and begorrah
"Ireland recognized the legal rights of same-sex couples for the first time Friday in a civil partnership bill that gave people in long-term relationships many of the statutory rights of married couples.
But it stopped short of recognizing civil marriage. There are strong rights conferred to marriage under the constitution of the traditionally Catholic country, which was amended to lift a ban on divorce in 1995."
Ireland claws its way into the 21st century!
I've always felt that Ireland is one of those countries that talks one way and acts another. I did Work For The Pope and the other staff, particularly the long-term staff, were regularly atheist, progressive, unmarried-but-cohabiting and/or gay. And/or Catholic into the mix. There's a huge dissonance between "what happens in real life" and "what happens in the church".
Although "what happens in the church" is probably another story altogether.
"Ireland recognized the legal rights of same-sex couples for the first time Friday in a civil partnership bill that gave people in long-term relationships many of the statutory rights of married couples.
But it stopped short of recognizing civil marriage. There are strong rights conferred to marriage under the constitution of the traditionally Catholic country, which was amended to lift a ban on divorce in 1995."
Ireland claws its way into the 21st century!
I've always felt that Ireland is one of those countries that talks one way and acts another. I did Work For The Pope and the other staff, particularly the long-term staff, were regularly atheist, progressive, unmarried-but-cohabiting and/or gay. And/or Catholic into the mix. There's a huge dissonance between "what happens in real life" and "what happens in the church".
Although "what happens in the church" is probably another story altogether.
