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10 Jun 2008

Gay men = murderers

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In the good old-fashioned version of Christianity practiced by Iris Robinson, who is MP for Strangford, head of the Northern Ireland Assembly's Health Committee and wife of DUP leader Peter, the gays are apparently as welcome to God's grace as murderers. She reckons they (gays that is, not murderers) should be offered psychiatric counselling. Presumably so they won't kill again. Or have consensual sexual activity with other adults. It's so hard to tell the difference. Hubby loyally jumped in to defend Iris' views and Sinn Féin predictably called for everyone to resign. As head of the Norn Irn Assembly's Health committee, Iris presumably has some input into budgets and the like for gay men's sexual health services as well as psychiatric services for rehabilitated murderers. When they are both at her door clamouring for support, I wonder which lot she'll extend her grace to?


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The whole thing makes me so angry. How can she possibly get away with this? Only in Northern Ireland, I say - a fucked up place if there ever was one. In fact, now that I think about it, Iris Robinson has blood on her hands. Her comments directly led to the beating of a gay man. She is worse than a murderer. She is a woman who eggs murderers on.

POSTED BY 10 Jun 2008


Bloomer

I'm incensed. Incensed I am. I might go out and beat up a few murderers.

POSTED BY Bloomer 10 Jun 2008


Artstar

We should stick her in Dublin Zoo for show and and milk the profits from visiter numbers to buy us all pretty things. People would come far and wide to throw fish at her like a seal.

POSTED BY Artstar 11 Jun 2008


Eve Harrington

"Throw fish at her like a seal"? You're too kind Artstar! Don't you know that homophobic hatchet-faced tramps only eat G.I peanuts? ;p

POSTED BY Eve Harrington 11 Jun 2008


Glamorama

write to her to urge her to resign. Her email is robinsoni@parliament.uk Write to her party leader to urge him to sack this facist. His email is Peter.Robinson@niassembly.gov.uk

POSTED BY Glamorama 11 Jun 2008


Stephen Meyler

it's unlikely she'll resign. She's already been defending her comments, because it's her sincerely held religious belief. What's more disturbing was that she was elected by the Strangford constituency, where it seems a large enough section of the electorate shares her beliefs. or maybe it's just a familt thing - you can trust Iris, sure isn't she married to our Peter! A bit like rotten generations of Civil War families being endlessly re-elected here in the Republic.

POSTED BY Stephen Meyler 11 Jun 2008


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