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Wed 07 Jul 2008FF parliamentary party supports Civil Partnership Bill
THE FIANNA Fáil parliamentary party gave broad support to the Government’s approach to the Civil Partnership Bill last night, after personal contributions to the debate by the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice to calm any concerns.
The parliamentary party debated the issue in response to a motion from Senator Jim Walsh that called for nothing to be done in the Bill that would lessen the special status of heterosexual marriage as set down in the Constitution.
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