Ciaran ‘Cop Out’ Cuffe T.D.
Posted by Maman Poulet on 30 Oct 2007 at 08:14 pm | Tagged as: Ciaran Cuffe, Cop Out, Equality, Gay, Homophobia, Irish Politics, KAL Case, LGBT, Queer, Same Sex Partnerships, irishelection2007
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Ciaran Cuffe – is this what doing a deal with the devil is all about? Today on Lunchtime on Newstalk you were laying out the various reasons why it might not be the right time to vote in favour of redebating the Labour Party’s Civil Unions Bill, a motion on which will go before the Dáil in private members time tomorrow night. The Green Party voted in favour of the Bill when in oppostion in February 2007 – yes that’s last February.
Deputy Cuffe has been talking to his Government Colleagues and getting with the programme. It seems we’ll have to wait for the Zappone/Gilligan ruling – even though this was about a foreign marriage recognition and not about civil registration of same sex partnerships – different things entirely Deputy but hey you have swallowed McDowell’s previous mantra which has passed to Brian Lenihan.
But please don’t be telling lesbians and gay men that we’re going to cost money to give equality to and that figures need to be crunched. It’s lame!!! And it’s downright offensive! You ignore the sacrifices, loss, grief, pain and poverty faced by lesbian and gay couples for decades in that chestnut.
We knew that it wouldn’t be long till there was a shining example of the Greens selling out – now they are walking all over us. Ah sure there will be some lame promise or commitment to a change in the next few years and the so called wiggle room will emerge for the Greens to save face. But it’s far too late. Most lesbians and gay men have lost faith in the Greens – and whenever legal recognition of relationships is introduced I can bet that Ciaran Cuffe will be taking to the airwaves explaining why the law won’t grant full equality and offering more lame excuses. ‘Ah we cost too much, we should accept what we get, it’s better than nothing’……..
[...] If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my site using a feedreader or email. Thanks for visiting – Damien.So Labour reintroduces the Civil Union Bill tomorrow. (Suzy has a nice post about Ciarán Cuffe rolling over, shame, I thought he was the most transparent Green but what he said today was guff) Just wondering since Labour, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and the Greens voted for the Civil Union Bill in February, whether they have policies for employees in samesex relationships? Healthcare, pension rights, you know, that kind of thing. Whatever the partner of a married staff member gets, I assume they cater for the samesex partner of a staff member too. I am positive they do, leading my example and all that. Right? Can anyone point me to any information the parties have on that? Plenty of fanboys and girls from all those named parties visit this blog so I’m sure you can root out the standard employment contracts from these parties. Or maybe some of the people in the media that dip in here now and then could put on their sleuthing caps and smoke their pipes and find out? Not those pipes, thems are for after work. Digg it! | Reddit | Del.icio.us | Stumble Upon | Google [...]
[...] Satying with people who were in opposition 8 months ago, but are now serving in Government, the Greens are under attack at politics.ie and Maman Poulet, after Ciarán Cuffe made the odd decision to speak to Newstalk, outlining what seemed to be a U-turn on the Civil Unions Bill. Attacking Michael McDowell 8 months ago, Deputy Cuffe (Green, Dún Laoghaire) said: “Still he has no indication on what he will do in the matter. Last night he claimed the Government was unequivocally in favour of treating gay and lesbian people as full equal citizens in our society. These are hollow words indeed from the other side of the House.” Fine arguments indeed. Now it appears that he has accepted the McDowell argument that we need to wait for a Supreme Court judgement in the Zappone case (an argument which doesn’t remotely stand up to scrutiny as it happens). [...]
great post
I’m so angry.
While I gave my No to Joan B, I gave the Green guy in D15 my No 3 vote because he’s gay and trusted that the party was pro gay marriage … I challenge you to come calling at the next election, I dare you. I have cats and they bite traitors.
Could GLBT activists now stop dealing with this vile government and supping with the Bertie devil?