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OnDoutside

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2. I think you may well be correct, though it would be wonderful to see a higher margin and put this
Sat May 19, 2018, 08:07 AM
May 2018

issue to bed. I had Yes campaigners at my door 2 nights ago, and I was conscious of the fact they had a lot of knocking on doors to do, so I actually cut them short and said for them not to waste time, as there were 2 Yes votes in our house. I'm sorry now because I wanted to ask them how the campaigning was going for them !

When collecting my kid from school, he has had a habit of reading out aloud all the posters on telephone poles, so I then have to explain what is being said and what are the lies/untruths from the truth. The stuff on the tv/radio is often times worse, as it's difficult for the Yes debaters to have a reasoned argument when their counterpart is spouting lies and then shouting down the Yes person when they're caught out.

I repeat myself but... TimeSnowDemos May 2018 #1
I think you may well be correct, though it would be wonderful to see a higher margin and put this OnDoutside May 2018 #2
I feel this TimeSnowDemos May 2018 #7
Yes, it's incredibly disturbing what they are doing. As in the US, it's the cities that will swing OnDoutside May 2018 #9
Thank you for posting this Maeve May 2018 #3
No probs. I'm hoping that the Marriage Equality referendum awakened people to the truth that OnDoutside May 2018 #5
I really hope it passes. It's about time that Ireland steps into the 21st century. smirkymonkey May 2018 #4
Social issue wise, Ireland started the process in 1995 with the passing of the Divorce Referendum. OnDoutside May 2018 #6
Is the post-1979 generation much more liberal in Ireland? StevieM May 2018 #12
I wasn't even a teenager back in 1979, which was the last great hurrah OnDoutside May 2018 #17
Interesting. Thank you for explaining that. Seems like Ireland has it's smirkymonkey May 2018 #14
Actually, they're like the fundamentalist Evangelicals with no political party OnDoutside May 2018 #18
Yes TimeSnowDemos May 2018 #8
Yes, and they prioritise entry to those who have been baptised, where there are too many applying OnDoutside May 2018 #10
Our kids are baptized TimeSnowDemos May 2018 #13
I completely understand. OnDoutside May 2018 #16
A liberal, secular education seems to be the key to a better world no matter smirkymonkey May 2018 #15
900 paid-for ads relating to Eighth Amendment captured OnDoutside May 2018 #11
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