It's delightful to hear that Mrs Robinson MP, the wife of the First Minister of the Northern Ireland assembly is exercising her right to free speech, however unwisely, her freedom of speech by declaring us, homosexuals, to be an abomination that may be cured by counselling. In the wake of a homphobic attack in Northern Ireland on a gay person, surely she does not imagine that her comments are not conflated with raw homophobia in the eyes of society?
Her husband, whose assembly funds the Belfast Gay Pride, reavowed his commitment to equality. Remarkably though, I am for once in total agreement with Sinn Fein: If Mrs Robinson believes in the pseudoscience of treating homosexuality as a disease, she must resign as chair of the Stormont health committee.
Friday 09/12/16
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The freedom of speech and its use are good things...they allow us to filter out unwanted members of Parliament in future elections ^_^
Thankfully, the freedom of speech does not include a freedom to speak unopposed or unchallenged by other members of the community. It's a freedom we're all (or should all be) allowed to partake in.
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