tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post6224447343493960765..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: DUP choose not to frighten the horses*O'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-53802509652014105402010-07-30T16:50:11.948+01:002010-07-30T16:50:11.948+01:00"SO Free P and DUP on a panel and they say si..."SO Free P and DUP on a panel and they say similar things will change your opinion of the DUP? Hmmm."<br /><br />My opinion of McIlveen as an individual changed, yes. My opinion of the DUP is that there is an accepted culture of homophobia within the party- if they decided to send someone to an event like this it would surprise me, yes. <br /><br /><em>The media obsession on the issue O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-12737798196278102392010-07-29T22:58:33.451+01:002010-07-29T22:58:33.451+01:00SO Free P and DUP on a panel and they say similar ...SO Free P and DUP on a panel and they say similar things will change your opinion of the DUP? Hmmm.<br /><br />"You have chosen to be an Orangeman and a Protestant;"<br /><br />Not entirely true there is a level of inheritance to identity and family upbringing with choice coming later as you grow up but that is a minor quibble. <br /><br />"because it is not merely a life-style Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15946030521550890382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-52466586501371020332010-07-29T18:40:57.395+01:002010-07-29T18:40:57.395+01:00"Bigotry and homophobia are too rife in the D..."Bigotry and homophobia are too rife in the DUP for me to touch them."<br /><br />It's not a problem exclusive to the DUP, what is exclusive is the reluctance of those that are not bigotted or homophobic in the DUP to even get involved in discussing possible solutions.O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-82554567098231744922010-07-29T18:38:26.585+01:002010-07-29T18:38:26.585+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-2757822522782993682010-07-29T18:38:24.145+01:002010-07-29T18:38:24.145+01:00Lee
And if they'd went and rejected the gay r...Lee<br /><br /><em>And if they'd went and rejected the gay rights agenda what would you have put on the thread?</em><br /><br />I put on record my admiration for McIlveen’s attendance here and I can’t imagine he would have been that more favourable towards the "gay rights agenda". If the DUP had sent someone, I would have been pleasantly surprised because it would have proven me O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-50197462332470956752010-07-29T13:19:02.654+01:002010-07-29T13:19:02.654+01:00Bigotry and homophobia are too rife in the DUP for...Bigotry and homophobia are too rife in the DUP for me to touch them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-7479132218867188042010-07-29T12:10:52.065+01:002010-07-29T12:10:52.065+01:00And if they'd went and rejected the gay rights...And if they'd went and rejected the gay rights agenda what would you have put on the thread? Would you have preferred some sort of public slanging match? Is it not better for a minister of religion to present the moral arguments rather than a politician? I sense whatever the DUP did it would have been spun negatively. <br /><br />I'd kindly remind you you complained about the Unionism Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15946030521550890382noreply@blogger.com