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The DUP and gay marriage: a match made in hell?

Picture by Scott Spiegel How things change. A lot of us remember the clear-cut days when Ian Paisley stalked the land warning of the dangers of Eire, where they were priest-ridden, superstitious and probably still eating with their fingers on bare-earth floors. After yesterday and the success of the Yes side in the south’s gay […]

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Paul Givan: a Christian or a hypocrite?

The DUP’s Paul Givan  was on TV a fe weeks ago talking about his move to insert a Conscience clause in legislation which would protect people  like the Ashers. You remember the Ashers: they’re the people who  in all conscience couldn’t respond to a gay couple cake request, because it clashed with their values. As I […]

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Paul Givan: so hard to read

The DUP’s Paul Givan  was on TV a couple of weeks back, talking about his move to insert a Conscience clause in legislation which would protect people  like the Ashers. You remember the Ashers: they’re the people who  in all conscience couldn’t respond to a gay couple cake request, because it clashed with their values. […]

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