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Maeve

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5. One factor is probably that Ireland is no longer a rural country

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 10:37 AM

Dec 2014

In cities, more people know they have gays among their friends and family and aren't so afraid. And the various scandals in the Church have turned people away from looking there for guidance. The two combined seriously weaken the old conservative arguments.

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