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  • Marriage Referendum: Some material for reflection

    April 14 2015
    Joe O'Leary

    Pádraig, why fish in such troubled waters. The ACP is a Narth-style fake group, and cannot be compared with the American Psychological Assocation or the American Psychoanalytical Associate. Citing th

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  • Marriage Referendum: Some material for reflection

    April 14 2015
    Mary Cunningham

    Padraig McCarthy@23 The one sentence you quoted is best read in context with Professor Greene's concise piece. I agree, it is well worth keeping in mind--in its entirety.

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  • 19th April. 3rd Sunday of Easter

    April 19 2015
    Pádraig McCarthy

    "We have our advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, who is just; he is the sacrifice who takes our sins away." Jesus turns the rules upside down, as he did in transforming the tree of death into a tr

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  • Marriage Referendum: Some material for reflection

    April 14 2015
    Pádraig McCarthy

    24: Joe O'Leary: I am aware of the dispute over the American College of Pediatricians. Whatever reservations I or you may have about them, they should not be described as a "sham organization" - there

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  • Marriage Referendum: Some material for reflection

    April 14 2015
    Joe O'Leary

    The link to the Amicus Brief of the American College of Pediatricians does not work, but I note that despite its respectable sounding title and its illustrious acronym ACP! it is a sham organization:

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  • Marriage Referendum: Some material for reflection

    April 14 2015
    Pádraig McCarthy

    19: Mary Cunningham quoting Prof Sheila Greene: "No social science study is perfect." This is well worth keeping in mind. Even the American Psychological Association can change its mind. In 1952, when

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  • Marriage Referendum: Some material for reflection

    April 14 2015
    Joe O'Leary

    Witherspoon actually funded Regnerus. We do not need to import any of this American madness into Ireland. Have a look at how mad homophobia makes some Americans: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/pas

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  • Marriage Referendum: Some material for reflection

    April 14 2015
    Joe O'Leary

    The association with Regnerus is a working partnership -- Sullins was a vocal defender of Regnerus and Regnerus and he are woking together closely. The Witherspoon Institute has raised its ugly head,

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  • Marriage Referendum: Some material for reflection

    April 14 2015
    Pádraig McCarthy

    12 - 18: Joe warns of "just more culture war fodder". At the risk of pouring oil on the fire rather than on troubled waters, here's more fodder, one on each side: Psychological Society of Ireland: htt

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  • Marriage Referendum: Some material for reflection

    April 14 2015
    Mary Cunningham

    Regarding references to research findings in this debate, copied below is a letter from Professor Sheila Greene, published in the Irish Times on February 7th 2015. Sir, – Here we go again! Every ti

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