Life Institute has said that Safe Access Zone legislation coming before the Seanad on Weds is a “vindictive” measure that seeks to criminalise silent prayer and vigils in support of abortion-minded women. #gript
The first thing to understand about both the Seanad and the Dáil is that an absolutely enormous number of votes are formalities
Progressives would want to hope he’s almost alone in feeling that way, or they could be in for a rough few decades themselves.
Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says his government has “no official position” on how many genders there are, even though genders “other than male or female” are protected categories under his government’s hate speech bill. #gript
“The first person they prosecute will end up a martyr”.
“overwhelming and significant support”
Protections voted down
“Bill being rushed through’
Thoughtcrime
Media dominated by “activists.”
Transparency
“It seems like if you casually “express an opinion” within two football fields of an asylum centre, that could be construed as a violation of this proposed law as it’s currently laid out”: BEN SCALLAN unpacks the government’s bill to ban peaceful protests outside asylum centres, like the ones at East Wall and Finglas: