Amendments Proposed to CP Bill Would Further Undermine Marriage

Cóir Date: 20.04.2010

Amendments proposed by the Fine Gael TD, Charles Flanagan, to the Civil Partnership Bill would further undermine marriage if adopted by the Dáil.

Cóir Date: 16.03.2010

Last November, Cóir’s report The Consequences of the Civil Partnership Bill for Marriage and the Family was presented to public representatives. It has now been re-issued for immediate and wide distribution in response to demand from those concerned about marriage and the family who wish to make their voices heard.

Cóir Date: 20.04.2010

Shirley Chaplin, a fifty-four-year-old British nurse has been banned from working on hospital wards by Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust after she failed to conceal the cross she wore on a necklace chain. She felt that Muslim members of staff were treated with greater understanding when it came to outward symbols of their religious convictions, whereas, as a Christian, she felt she was being singled-out.

Cóir Date: 20.04.2010

As campaigning gets underway in Britain, leading up to the general election on 6 May, the Conservative party have published its election manifesto, vowing to take significant measures to preserve and reclaim as much sovereignty as possible from the EU. They have also vowed to “never” join the Eurozone.