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theHandpuppet

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Mon Nov 11, 2013, 12:21 AM Nov 2013

Enda Kenny's Gay Marriage Stance Defies Catholic Church; Irish Prime Minister Supports Equality

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/enda-kenny-gay-marriage_n_4233066.html
Enda Kenny's Gay Marriage Stance Defies Catholic Church; Irish Prime Minister Supports Equality
Posted: 11/07/2013

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny prepares to lock horns with the Catholic Church on same-sex marriage, an issue he has avoided taking a real stance on until now. He came out strongly in favor of a referendum on gay marriage on Tuesday, announcing that the Cabinet would put the question to the people by mid-2015.

It's his first public announcement that Kenny will back the campaign for marriage equality. “In respect of today’s decision I support that very strongly and will campaign for it when it comes,” he said, according to the Irish Times.

The Church responded quickly, indicating that it would oppose the referendum and commenting that any change to the nature of marriage would undermine a fundamental building block of society, reports the Independent.

Bishop Denis Nulty said, "The church will participate fully in the democratic debate leading up to the referendum and will seek with others to reaffirm the rational basis for holding that marriage should be reserved for the unique and complimentary relationship between a woman and a man from which the generation and upbringing of children is uniquely possible." .... MORE
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