Good news from Maine where the people have voted to confirm that marriage is only possible between a man and a woman.  This means that every time the people, as opposed to legislators or judges, have been asked to vote on the issue, including in California, they have voted in favour of traditional marriage.

Meanwhile in Strasbourg the judges at the European Court of Human Rights have been voting to ban crucifixes from Italian class-rooms.  The BBC here describe the plaintiff as "Italian" - she...
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I think I might have to send a few of my pencil cases to Sweden, where apparently the Synod of the Lutheran Church (which includes its fourteen bishops - but who cannot vote!) has decided all parishes must provide gay marriage.  If the "priest" won't do it, he/she must get someone else to do it.  Half the bishops are opposed but have no vote.  Did I mention they have no vote!  In the Church.

I feel an Apostolic Constitution coming on.
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I was in Newry today visiting my dentist - that ghastly drill that vibrates and sounds like the Monaco Grand Prix in your head while making you shiver.  Anyway, afterwards went for a walk in the city (smirk), time-filling to allow the the numbness in my face to wear off so I could get something to eat.

I popped into the Combat Cancer shop (Newry main street is full of charity shops) and there I found a wonderful pencil case, promoting heterosexuality. 

I think everyone opposed to gay marriage ...
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Brian McFatty arriving for funeral

Yesterday Boyzone arrived in Majorca to take Stephen's body home, revealing matching tattoos in his memory. All four have an 'S' for Stephen and the numbers 76 09, the years of his birth and death.  A source said: 'The tattoos were done as a mark of respect for Stephen.'

A Majorcan police statement taken from Bulgarian Giorgio Dochev, 25, who was in their holiday apartment that evening, reveals that Gately had smoked a cannabis joint and that the trio had be...

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