“It nearly impossible for us to be enthusiastic about this referendum.”
Deleting the words woman and mother from Article 41.2 of the constitution is a step towards the erasure of sex differences on the path towards a dystopian ‘brave new world’.
“It has serious consequences.”
Wants debate on referendum
But perhaps your correspondent is simply getting cynical in his advancing years. Time will tell.
Immigration effect
At the moment, Irish voters are being told that the changes proposed to their foundational legal document are small and symbolic. That simply is not the case.
We reject DeValera’s Ireland, and all it’s works, and all of its empty promises.
But hold it alongside European elections, and the vote might become an afterthought, sneaking through with a yes vote because of a lack of debate, rather than because of a thorough debate.
“The question is not relevant”: Ireland’s Media Minister Catherine Martin says that the question “What is a woman?” is “not relevant” to an upcoming referendum on the role of women in society.
If one was to ask Leo Varadkar what his greatest achievement in politics have been, what do we think he might say? I would hazard a guess, personally, that the marriage equality and abortion referenda would make it into any top five. The Government never tires of reminding people how brave it was to take […]
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