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Thu 01 Jan 2010No exemption from Bill on grounds of beliefs - Ahern
MINISTER FOR JUSTICE Dermot Ahern has ruled out any provision for “freedom of conscience” exemptions for registrars who refuse to register the civil partnership of a same sex couple.
Mr Ahern said it would be “against public policy to permit State officials to choose not to perform certain of their official functions on the grounds that to do so would be contrary to their religious beliefs”.
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