Ireland has Gay PM
Ireland has Gay PM
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#2Ireland has Gay PM
Posted: 6/3/17 at 12:12pm
Ireland is probably the greatest country ever right now. Hoping the South Bend mayor runs for president, I wouldn't mind him being the first gay US prez.
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#3Ireland has Gay PM
Posted: 6/3/17 at 12:24pm
Boy do we need good news like this these days. Voting in someone gay is one amazing thing, but voting in the son of Indian immigrants is even more impressive. So proud of the Irish people today.
#4Ireland has Gay PM
Posted: 6/3/17 at 1:16pm
It's heartening how Ireland has managed to cast off the shackles of the Catholic Church. Amazing to think that contraception was only legalized in the 1980s, divorce only legalized in 1996 after a tight referendum (50.7% to 49.3%) - yet only two years ago same-sex marriage was overwhelmingly voted in by the same electorate (63% to 37%). Why it's almost enough to give qolbinau some hope.
Of course this new Prime Minister wasn't actually voted in the people - he got there the same way Theresa May did in the UK, a vacancy arose after the sitting PM resigned, but that's beside the point. The fact he happens to be an anti-choice fiscal conservative is a blot against him, but at least its a reminder of the redundancy of sterotypes, I guess.
Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$
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#5Ireland has Gay PM
Posted: 6/3/17 at 2:14pm
For several years, there was an active marriage equality campaign in Ireland which led to the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015. By popular vote, a whopping 62% said 'YES!". I followed the campaign; this was one of my favorite ads.
Updated On: 6/3/17 at 02:14 PM
#6Ireland has Gay PM
Posted: 6/3/17 at 2:56pm
It's actually sad that that is still an issue today. Because his sexual orientation should not have anything to do with his function.
Gay people have been everywhere since forever. I mean we've even had a gay American president, but people just didn't know it. It does not change a person or his function whatsoever.
We shouldn't applaud people for not being judgmental, it should be the standard.
#7Ireland has Gay PM
Posted: 6/4/17 at 10:26pm
I agree we shouldn't have to applaud, but given how badly gay people are treated and thought about across the world I certainly find this news refreshing and something to celebrate. Jay Lerner-Z is right, it is almost enough to give me hope.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#8Ireland has Gay PM
Posted: 6/5/17 at 9:50am
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
#9Ireland has Gay PM
Posted: 6/9/17 at 3:37pm
Meanwhile, in the northern part of the island (the "deep south" of Ireland), a bunch of Christian fundamentalist bigots get ready to prop up Theresa May's UK government...
THERESA MAY COULD ENTER A COALITION WITH HOMOPHOBIC DUP AFTER HUNG PARLIAMENT ELECTION RESULT
Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$
#10Ireland has Gay PM
Posted: 6/9/17 at 3:43pm
It really does hurt sometimes to read what some people have to say about gay people sometimes when the experience of being gay - of loving someone and being mutually sexually attracted to someone - is so nice. And much hotter than two old straight kooks. I wish people would just leave us alone.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
