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A FIFTH ATTEMPT to pass legislation that would legalise same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland has failed.
The vote was blocked this afternoon by members of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), despite being supported by a majority of the Stormont assembly.
Four previous attempts to introduce same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland were narrowly defeated.
Under the Stormont House Agreement, a bill can be vetoed if a unionist and nationalist party claims it fails to command cross-community support.
The DUP used this mechanism to issue a “petition of concern” to prevent the motion from passing.
In an open letter, Catholic Church leaders had earlier urged MLAs to take a stand against the vote, which was jointly tabled by Sinn Féin and the SDLP.
Northern Irish activists say the campaign will now move to the courts, where two challenges to the ban on same-sex marriage will be heard in November and December.
Patrick Corrigan of Amnesty International said that today’s vote, which was supported by 53 of 105 voting members, “shows that, slowly but surely, politicians are catching up with public opinion here”.
Northern Ireland is the only UK region that still prohibits same-sex marriage.
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Sun columnist…..
*Stops reading.
I have made a decision to ignore this person. I suggest everybody else should do the same. She an unhealthy irritant best forgotten about.
Very true. She is a dose
Can we please stop giving this sewer rat attention?
Only opened this article to say that!!
Sewer rats worldwide rising up in ignominy …
If I start saying stupid nasty sh!t to get attention will the media report everything I say too?
For the LOVE of humanity Ignore this muppet!
What I find interesting about this woman is she has a voice. what does that say about us. why does she have a voice in the media. I mean if no one actually wanted to hear her she wouldn’t.
No problem Katie. In the interest of your obvious need for self promotion and attention seeking, let’s send one round to yours. Lead by example and give us all a break. That way you can ensure the infamy you desire and at the same time relieve us all of your bullcrap. Win win!
She has an autistic son and she herself suffers from extreme epilepsy, which results in her being often hospitalised. Where do you draw the line if you don’t object to gassing old people??
She’s a troll, nothing more. One day she’s going to say something that will have repercussions.
what a twonk!
Shame on Daragh Brophy for reporting this dribble!
What’s she got against the youth in Asia anyway?
Did you read the article? She supports youth in Asia.
Another publicity stunt but and I bet she will not be so keen when she gets older as we all do and it comes pretty fast too.
I actually have no clue where this turd got shat from. She just suddenly seemed to be in the news.
Concentration camps started out as euthanasia vans for old and mentally ill people. Granted against their will. It quickly lead to Nazis looking for more efficient and effective ways to murder. This woman is an idiot
I wonder would she give us a demonstration on how they work !
Do liberals not love the idea of euthanasia? I would have thought this idea would appeal to leftist’s and their acolytes in the media.
Oh shut up! I can’t stand that American talk.
Eh do people not realise this isn’t actually Enoch Burke? Its just someone trying to get a rise by being as stupid and annoying as the real one? Just ignore it and it will go away.
No it’s not actually Enoch Burke and never was but people told me I was so often that I began to believe it.
You seem to have gone to the trouble of setting up an account to act troll fantasies. Mind your mental health, lad. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-online-secrets/201409/internet-trolls-are-narcissists-psychopaths-and-sadists
Scarr is your real name then I take it? Or just a big Lion King fan?
I agree. We never referred to people as lefties or Rightys unless we meant what hand they wrote with. Way too much influence coming from America. It should be the other way around. Half of them think the world is 6000 years old. Hardly a good basis for looking up too.
Big difference between an alias account and a troll account.
They can start with euthanising her. Everyone wins!
If this fool is ever sitting in doctors surgery it’ll be at the business side of the desk, probably at an appointment for cosmetic surgery. As for being “super-keen on euthanasia”, lead by example please.
Her face is enough to make me think about euthanasia.
She looks about 60 and the site of her neck would turn your stomach.
I wonder how much RTE pay this clown to appear on the LLS.
And she was totally pissed too, totally unprofessional.
If only cannistan cream worked on this irritation
Soylent green.
Kill disabled, etc is it?
Mmmmm Soylent green
YAAAWWWNNNN.
You just know when a person comes out with such a statement, that they are pretty irrelevant….
Love it if they called for Katie
Love how she manages to troll people time and again.
I think she’s awesome.
It’s a disgrace these articles about this woman are published!
Love it if they called for Katie!!
Gary Glitter is dead keen on the the youth in Asia vans too.
I would only support euthanasia vans if Katie Hopkins was first in the queue
Hopkins u are in dire need of a labotomy
She is some pain why the press feel the need to,publicise anything about her is beyond maybe if e ignore her she will go away
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