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Poll: Do you agree with Lucinda Creighton's comments on marriage?

Lucinda Creighton says that while she supports the civil partnerhsip bill, marriage is primarily about procreation, and shouldn’t be open to same sex couples. Do you agree?

THE FINE GAEL TD Lucinda Creighton tweeted yesterday that she “supported the Civil Partnership Bill fully” but added that she did not support gay marriage, saying that marriage was “primarily about children”.

Creighton said she believed the main purpose of marriage was to “propagate & create environment for children to grow up”, so while she believes that gay couples should be treated “fairly and justly” in matters such as tax and inheritance – marriage is “different”.

Do you agree with her view that marriage is primarily about procreation, and shouldn’t be open to same-sex couples?


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    Mute Charles Martel
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 7:56 PM

    ” linked to Islamic extremism.” – no, – just Islam.
    Koran 9:5 – ‘ When the sacred months are over slay the idolaters (non-Muslims) wherever you find them.’

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    Mute Tuot tuot
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 8:21 PM

    Stabbing two people in the name of Islam is Islamic extremism. Having a pray in a mosque is just Islam.

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    Mute Piotrek Król
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 9:14 PM

    Two cheeks of the same ar$e Tuot tuot.

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    Mute Tuot tuot
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 9:18 PM

    Not really, i couldnt care less about the non threat of moderate Muslims but i do worry about the threat of these jihadist islamist lunatics.

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    Mute prouesse f
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 11:08 PM

    “Charles Martel” lmao!!!!!

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    Mute Mike Cantwell
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 7:45 PM

    More mental issues !

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    Mute Patrick J O'CONNOR
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 9:15 PM

    Roanoak Virginia is just ove 100 miles from Charlotte Virginia where that immigration Rackateer Khizr Khan lives and there are several Jihadi terror camps in Virginia-most infamous is Jamat al-Fuqra nr. Charlotte,VA. Khizr Khan ,of course ,would deny any knowledge of what has been going on under his crooked lawyer’s nose for years.
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    —”• Virginia: Fairfax, Falls Church, Meherrin, Roanoke, and Red House (over 120 acres)—”
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    http://www.westernjournalism.com/know-neighbors-live-next-jamaat-ul-fuqra-camp/

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    Mute Patrick J O'CONNOR
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 9:17 PM

    List of Virginia terror camps:• Virginia: Fairfax, Falls Church, Meherrin, Roanoke, and Red House (over 120 acres)
    http://www.westernjournalism.com/know-neighbors-live-next-jamaat-ul-fuqra-camp/

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    Mute Petr Tarasov
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 10:06 PM

    Patrick O’Rubbish,

    When you saw “Islamic extremism” in the headline, I’d say you came a little bit!

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    Mute meerkat
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 11:29 PM

    Surely this bloke is before the courts but you can’t comment on pat hickey.

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    Mute Jon Coll
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 7:08 PM

    Hulk

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    Mute Peter Fechter
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 7:14 PM

    Allahu Aakbarr is not owned by headhackers….millions of mostly Sunni muslims exclaim Allahu Aakbar with no intent to sever a head from its accompanying shoulders…..

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    Mute Diana M.
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 7:19 PM

    Not his fault. He was clearly hulking out.

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    Mute Eamon Mac Gowan
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 7:18 PM

    I seriously doubt this has anything to do with Islam, probably just your standard domestic.

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    Mute Liam Dunne
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 7:25 PM

    If u farted in confession the Fox Americans would claim you were a terrorist now. Still tho, farting in confession is bad form

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    Mute Beachmaster
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 7:54 PM

    Again The Journal leaves out pertinent information. He tried to behead at least one of the victims. He was on the radar, as he traveled to Turkey in the past year and may have attempted to enter Syria.

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    Mute Curragh Bill
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 8:41 PM

    Just your average quiet minds his own business Muslim neighbour.

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    Mute Phil O' Meara
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 7:19 PM

    I’d say that investigating links to Bruce Banner might prove to be a more fruitful line of enquiry…..

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    Mute Damocles
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 7:08 PM

    Is Roanoke where the lost colony got lost?

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    Mute Dotrice Altrium Hollohatch
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 7:13 PM

    Google it Dam – you’ve never heard of the place. But still can’t stop posting about it…

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    Mute Margie Murph
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 8:01 PM

    Yes indeed. Birthplace of the first white person born on US soul, Virginia Dare.

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    Mute EmmaQ@gmail.com
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 9:01 PM

    Why has Tariqs comment disappeared? In fairness there wasn’t anything unusual in what he said.
    I’m sensing some trickery is afoot from the journal.

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    Mute Mike Cantwell
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 9:19 PM

    Tariq / Liam is that you masquerading as Eamon you are a sneaky little man aren’t you ?

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    Mute Mike Cantwell
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 9:38 PM

    Tariq / Liam is that you masquerading as Eamon you are a sneaky little man aren’t you ?

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    Mute Mike Cantwell
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 9:43 PM

    What did that filthy rat Tariq say Emma?

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    Mute Petr Tarasov
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 10:12 PM

    Eamon Mac Gowan’s real name is Liam Egan; an Irish Islamist living in Wexford.

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    Mute Damocles
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 10:14 PM

    So is it or isn’t it? Simple question.

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    Mute Mike Cantwell
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 10:14 PM

    That’s actually true Petr, about Eamon Mac Gowan / Liam Egan –

    “Liam Egan is an Irish convert to the violent, oppressive, totalitarian form of Islam that makes up about 40 percent of Islam worldwide. The Islam of the Taliban, Hamas, Al Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Islam behind all the jihad terrorism in the world. The Islam behind all the sharia oppression in the world.

    Liam Egan openly desires the end of all Irish freedom. Human rights would not exist in his Ireland. Instead we would all have to follow the dictates of some alleged holy book that we do not believe in.

    For many years, Liam Egan has been running Internet sites trying to promote his disgusting ideas in Ireland. He has some supporters, but it is unclear how many. It may be wrong to give him such publicity, but I think his sites are worth replying to, because they illustrate very clearly everything that is wrong with Islam. To read Egan is to understand why the Islamic world is so impoverished, unemployed, violent, war-torn, dictator-ridden, oppressive, sex-starved, uneducated and angry. It is not because of “The West” or Israel. It is because of their own beliefs. It is because many millions in the Islamic world think as Egan does.”

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    Mute prouesse f
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 11:11 PM

    @emmaqrap

    “Another day goes by without any trouble from the Chinese. ”

    You should let the Tibetans know. But I forgot, you don’t see anything wrong with the alienation of a people by another people…

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    Mute Dotrice Altrium Hollohatch
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 7:08 PM

    Roanoke is like Finglas – great people

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    Mute David Thomas
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 7:16 PM

    Maybe they should twin then

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    Mute Petr Tarasov
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 10:09 PM

    Roanoke Times newspaper made it onto Bill O’Reilly’s Hall of Shame!

    https://www.billoreilly.com/pg/jsp/general/mediadef.jsp

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    Mute Naz Senna
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    Aug 24th 2016, 6:26 AM

    islamic FBI

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    Mute Gerard Henry
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    Aug 23rd 2016, 9:59 PM

    Dosent mater cut his nuts off and feed them to a pig

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