tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8846648283600757202011-07-08T14:24:24.373+01:00TheRightCampaign Petition is part of the on-going effort to legalise civil marriage for same-sex couples in Ireland. Please Sign.Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06288876485389572331noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884664828360075720.post-79382843019922106472009-08-04T10:50:00.004+01:002010-01-08T12:39:20.338Z<b><i>Dear Reader,</i></b><div><br /></div><div>Thank you for your support for the duration of the petition. The petition has been delivered to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>So, what now?</i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div>1. Please visit www.marriagequality.ie to continue helping. Thank you.</div><div><br /></div><div>2. To reinforce the message of this petition, and your comments and opinions to the Dept. of Justice, Equality and Law Reform:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-size:13px;"><div><b>Dáil Office</b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Dermot Ahern TD</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Dáil Éireann</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Leinster House</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Kildare Street</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Dublin 2</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">01 618 3000</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Email</b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">dermot@dermotahern.ie</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Or, contact:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><h4 style="color: rgb(49, 97, 156); font-size: 1em; padding-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0.2em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">TAOISEACH'S PRIVATE OFFICE</h4><strong>e-mail:</strong><a href="mailto:%20taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie" style="color: rgb(71, 149, 228); text-decoration: underline; ">taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie</a><br /><strong>Phone:</strong> 01-6194020 / 4021 / 4043<br /><strong>Fax: </strong>01-6764048</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/884664828360075720-7938284301992210647?l=therightcampaign.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06288876485389572331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-884664828360075720.post-55442271112825699782009-03-26T23:38:00.004Z2009-04-01T21:15:33.378+01:00"Within the typical secondary school curriculum, homosexuals do not exist. They are 'nonpersons' in the finest Stalinist sense. They have fought no battles, held no offices, explored nowhere, written no literature, built nothing, invented nothing and solved no equations... To the homosexual student, the message has even greater power: No one who has ever felt as you do has done anything worth mentioning". ~Gerald Unks<br /><br />It is true to say the education system routinely 'heterosexualises' historical figures, in the same way that Hollywood does it's characters i.e. The English Patient. To a confused or closeted teenager, knowing this could make all the difference.<br /><br />We all need to know that others once felt the way we do and that they didn't allow the prejudice of others to limit or define them, it gives us hope. On that note, here is a short list of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in history.<br /><br />Some were good, some were bad, no different from any heterosexual persons. If you want more just google 'Famous LGBT People'.<br /><br /><strong>Military Persons</strong><br />At least 3 English Kings: James I, Edward II &amp; Richard The Lion Hearted<br />Ernst Röhm, German Nazi leader<br />As for J. Edgar Hoover, former Director of the FBI, you'll have to draw your own conclusions.<br /><br /><strong>Sports</strong><br />Martina Navratilova<br />Justin Fashanu<br />Try Googling 'Bingham Cup Rugby'...<br /><br /><strong>Actors</strong><br />James Dean<br />Sir Ian McKellen<br />Rock Hudson<br /><br /><strong>Politicians</strong><br />Eleanor Roosevelt<br />Harvey Milk<br />Bayard Rustin<br /><br /><strong>Artists</strong><br />Andy Warhol<br />Michelangelo<br />Frida Kahlo<br />Robert De Niro Sr.<br /><br /><strong>Musicians</strong><br />Tchaikovsky<br />Melissa Ferrick<br />Janis Ian<br />Janis Jopplin<br /><br /><strong>Writers, Poets &amp; Playwrights</strong><br />Virginia Woolf<br />Tennessee Williams<br />Hans Christian Andersen<br />W. H. Auden<br /><br /><strong>And Finally...</strong><br />At least 2 Popes: Pope Julius III, Pope John XII<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/884664828360075720-5544227111282569978?l=therightcampaign.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06288876485389572331noreply@blogger.com4