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Sex, Fundamentalism and Irish Presbyterians

Posted on 2018/07/01 by Graham Veale

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Culture warriors might be interested in events North of the Irish border, as the Presbyterian Church in Ireland has decided that:

same-sex couples are not eligible for communicant membership nor are they qualified to receive baptism for their children.

This decision has caused some controversy within the Presbyterian church; but the reaction in the secular press has tended towards the hysterical.

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Secular Sectarianism: A Plea for a Wee Bit of Tolerance

Posted on 2018/06/16 by Graham Veale

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I doubt that anyone would be surprised to see sectarianism resurfacing in Northern Ireland. Of course, its finest practitioners have grown more subtle than the bigots of the past. Derogatory epithets and invidious claims to cultural superiority are now masked by the language of group rights and cries for respect and equality.

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