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A gay rights advocate has called zyhaa828 on Peter Robinson tocheap snapbacks clarify his party’s position on gay rights after one of his councillors called for homosexuality to be made illegal.John O’Doherty, director of the Rainbow project, said: “It is imperative that the First Minister Peter Robinson, whose Department has responsibility for equality, clarifies whether or not his party is interested in achieving a truly shared society or wishes to bring Northern Ireland back to the bad old days.”
He was reacting to comments by Paul McClean, the DUP chair of wholesale snapbacksMagherafelt District council, carried recently in the Belfast Telegraph.Mr McClean said: “As a Christian who believes in the stance of the bible I believe it (homosexuality) is morally wrong. It is spiritually wrong and I don’t think it should be legal.”However, he added: “I believe that those people are human beings and need to be treated as such.”Earlier he had told a council debate on same sex marriage that homosexuality was an abomination, quoting the Old Testament.
Same sex male relationships were legalised here in October 1982cheap snapbacks hats following a European Court of Human Rights case brought by Jeff Dudgeon.The DUP campaigned against the reform under he banner “Save Ulster From Sodomy.”Although it was ultimately defeated by the Dudgeon judgment, the campaign did succeed in delaying the legislation which had been introduced in England and Wales in 1967.In 2004, all DUP MPs, including Mr Robinson, voted against civil partnerships for gays when the measure was passed in Westminster.
In 2008, after becoming First Minister, he told the BBC thatcheap snapbacks online homosexuality was against Christian teachings.A spokesman declined to comment on the DUP’s current stance on homosexual law but did say “our party policy has been and remains that we support the current definition of marriage”.Jeff Dudgeon is currently a member of the UUP.“This exposes a fault line in the DUP between the ultra religious wing who haven’t adapted their views in relation to discrimination and the modernising wing,” he said.
A newlywed woman allegedly threw herself from a van in a bid to wholesale new era snapbacksescape a beating by her husband, the High Court has heard.Martin McDonagh is accused of then carrying his apparently unconscious wife back to the vehicle and driving away.The 22-year-old, of Comber Road in Omagh, Co Tyrone, denies charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, false imprisonment and kidnapping 10 days into their marriage.He claims bite marks found on the victim were the result of consensual acts between the couple — both members of the Travelling community.
McDonagh was granted bail after a judge was told the alleged victimcheap snapbacks hats free shipping has not yet made a statement of complaint.The couple were stopped in the Magheramason area after police received a 999 call on July 28.Kate McKay, prosecuting, said the initial allegation was that they had rowed after visiting a relative in hospital.The woman claimed McDonagh began punching her when they got back into their vehicle.“She said she didn't want to take any more so effectively threw herself out of the van to escape,” Mrs McKay told the court.