The DUP Block Gay Marriage. Was it the Right Decision?

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Yesterday, the DUP blocked gay marriage in Northern ireland. Today we take a look at why that happened and ask if that was the right decision.

No, but we know that the DUP are just Neanderthals

Nope but anyone who thinks the north more tolerant than the south or open sexually are utterly kidding themselves

I've seen escorts here say the south more backward coz of the church

But sorry the north run by bigots always was

agree there annabel... Presbyterian churches take a dim view of LGBTs.

It is not that the North is particularly narrow-minded, but that it is run by a mixture of Presbyterian and Catholic bigots.
Even so, the vote passed by a narrow margin, but was blocked by the DUP (effectively the political wing of the Free Presbyterian Church) using a “Partition of Concern” , a mechanism designed to prevent sectarian and bigoted legislation, not, as it was used here, to facilitate it.

I'll find a priest and make him marry me and i'll change the law globally

Sorry but Northern Ireland is Europe's Middle East, nowhere else does religious division have such an impact on Politics or society.

I'd rather explain black history to some hick from Tipp than the separation of (all) church and state to someone from the North.

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Originally Posted by Cassandra

Sorry but Northern Ireland is Europe's Middle East, nowhere else does religious division have such an impact on Politics or society.

I'd rather explain black history to some hick from Tipp than the separation of (all) church and state to someone from the North.

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Apologies for straying off what was a great post but I am PMSL at that bit!

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Originally Posted by bettercallsaul

Apologies for straying off what was a great post but I am PMSL at that bit!

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After a rather wonderful offline tour there I decided on a short holiday there rather than Spain or S.A.
Only to find, not only are rural folks in Tipperary quietly racist but tribalist! They don't even trust folks from Kerry, Waterford, or Carlow! Don't even get them started on Dubs....

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Originally Posted by Cassandra

After a rather wonderful offline tour there I decided on a short holiday there rather than Spain or S.A.
Only to find, not only are rural folks in Tipperary quietly racist but tribalist! They don't even trust folks from Kerry, Waterford, or Carlow! Don't even get them started on Dubs....

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Ireland,god bless her,is full of those types,we might be a small country but by god our minds are smaller!