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Sat 07 Jul 2010Senators critical of 'vicious' Bill protesters
SEANAD REPORT:THE CATHOLIC hierarchy should recognise that the passage of the Civil Partnership Bill by the Dáil without a vote showed that the bishops were more in tune with homophobes than they were with the people’s representatives, Joe O’Toole (Ind) said.
The Bill is to be debated in the Seanad next Wednesday and Thursday. Criticising the tenor of an anti-Bill demonstration outside Leinster House last Thursday, Mr O’Toole said it was unacceptable for any group to be haranguing and threatening not just parliamentarians but also visitors.
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