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Sunday, 31 August 2008 |
 In a surprise move, US Republican Presidential candidate John McCain has announced his running mate will be Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska – a former beauty pageant queen with a mixed record of views on LGBT issues.
Palin, a former runner-up for Miss Alaska and winner of the Wasilla district's Miss Congeniality, burst on to the political scene in 2006 by becoming both the first female and youngest governor in Alaskan history at the age of 42, reports the UK Times.
The mother of five opposes same-sex marriage, but has often sympathised with the concerns of gay community about discrimination and has implemented legislation ensuring equal benefits for same-sex couples.
She is also described as a strong social conservative, a staunch supporter of gun rights, and is strongly anti-abortion.
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Friday, 22 August 2008 |
 Leo Abse, a colorful Welsh politician who took a leading role in liberalizing laws on homosexuality and divorce, has died at age 91.
Abse died Tuesday in London, according to Leo Abse and Cohen, the Welsh law firm that he founded. The cause of death was not announced. Noted for his dandyish apparel, Abse also won attention with books which attempted to apply psychoanalysis to Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton.
"Fellatio, Masochism, Politics and Love," published in 2000, expounded his views of Clinton's fling with Monica Lewinski and also delved into Blair's political relationship with Gordon Brown, his successor as prime minister.
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Friday, 15 August 2008 |
 Prime Minister Gordon Brown has rejected calls from almost 16,000 people to reprimand Strangford MP Iris Robinson over her bigoted comments on homosexuality.
Mr Brown said there is “no constitutional role for the Prime Minister to reprimand individual Members of Parliament who are accountable to their electorate for their own comments.”
He did, however, say that the Government’s vision is an “equal, inclusive society in Northern Ireland, where everyone is treated with respect and where opportunity for all remains a priority”, adding that anyone who feels they have been discriminated against may be able to bring a complaint to a tribunal or a court.
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
 Iris Robinson, the Democratic Unionist MP who believes homosexuality can be cured by psychiatry, made a 'guest' appearance at yesterday's annual Gay Pride parade in Belfast.
The Strangford MP appeared in the 'guise' of several marchers wearing Iris masks in what turned out to be Northern Ireland's largest Pride rally for years. One float called the 'Iris Mobile' joined the procession through Belfast city centre with a giant papier-mâché image of Robinson on the front. The parade took place in a city labelled the most homophobic place in the UK or Ireland.
Organisers claimed the large turn-out was in response to the controversy stirred up by the DUP MP, who recently also likened gay sex to child abuse. Her remarks prompted one organisation to become the first Christian gay group to march in the Belfast parade.
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 |
 Almost 11,000 people have signed a petition calling on Gordon Brown to reprimand DUP MP Iris Robinson over her controversial remarks about homosexuality.
The e-petition on the 10 Downing Street website states that the First Minister’s wife’s views are “narrow-minded” and “not fitting” of an MLA or MP.
Less than 30 people have signed an opposing petition calling on the Prime Minister to allow the comments to go unreprimanded as a matter of personal opinion and religion.
The petition states “anyone who feels strongly enough in freedom of speech should allow these remarks made about homosexuality to remain unpunished”.
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
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Realising she had gone to far, homophobic bigot MP Iris Robinson issued a statement yesterday denying that she thought gay sex was worse than paedophilia. It has now been well reported, and verified, that her exact words were, "There can be no viler act, apart from homosexuality and sodomy, than sexually abusing children." Her backtracking now amounts to the statement issued through the DUP office, "I clearly intended to say that child abuse was worse than even homosexuality and sodomy ... At no point have I set out to suggest homosexuality was worse than child sex abuse." MP Alasdair McDonnell said her comments "raises serious questions about her fitness to sit in a position of responsibility".
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another conservative Civil P, come on labour!
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