In response to the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar
and in response to all who have suffered under the abuse of the Catholic Church
in its ruling of institutions (that should be public and free of church influence) for SO many generations
we, the undersigned, call on the Irish Government to
1. immediately separate Church and State. The State must provide institutions of education and health and welfare free of church influence. Not one cent of Irish taxpayers' money should support any church in any way. No public institution should have religious icons or statues or any influence of a church displayed there. The public airways should not play the Angelus. This is essential to break the chains of oppression
2. ensure that those who were damaged by the church receive compensation and that the church (not the taxpayers) should pay that. Ensure that all those who now believe they are above the law because of their position in the church be shown very clearly by direct action that this is not the case
3. enact laws that protect women's rights in line with the directives of Europe including giving women the right to choose to terminate a pregnancy. We cannot continue to ignore the reality of those who travel daily to England because Ireland does not offer them the medical care they need
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Get the Church out of our schools!!! No more should the indoctrination of four year olds be tolerated in a supposedly modern society. This country needs a national debate to once and for all deal with the horrors of our catholic past.
As a former infant once incarcerated with the nuns because of family difficulties, (my mother died when I was 1 year old), I still shudder when I think of the bullying and harassment we collectively suffered at the hands of these alleged (Angels of Mercy).
The article about the home and the cesspit mass grave of those 800 defenseless children leaves me totally numb. My mums maiden name is Lally so I have Irish descendants I have not found as yet. It's possible someone in that pit is one of mine. Horrifying.
Religions are not the bastions of morality they are made out to be, rather they maintain inherently flawed teachings of homophobia and mysogeny. Only by taking them out of the equation can real progress be made towards equality for all. If people want to believe in their gods that's their business but the inequality religions propagate can no longer be ignored.
It would be nice to live in a modern democracy, where children can be educated and not indoctrinated, and no special privileges are given to organisations because they claim that there is an invisible being giving the orders.
Is mise Caitliceach. Tá an iomarca cruthaithe dearfa - ní féidir leis an Eaglais áiseanna poiblí a thairiscint. Ní comhúdarás poiblí ceart a bhíonns san Eaglais. Déan obair mhaith dheonach don phobail. Cabhair leo agus iad féin á n-athrú. Is é sin an chaoi cheart chun lorg a chur ar an tír.
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In response to the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar
and in response to all who have suffered under the abuse of the Catholic Church
in its ruling of institutions (that should be public and free of church influence) for SO many generations
we, the undersigned, call on the Irish Government to
1. immediately separate Church and State. The State must provide institutions of education and health and welfare free of church influence. Not one cent of Irish taxpayers' money should support any church in any way. No public institution should have religious icons or statues or any influence of a church displayed there. The public airways should not play the Angelus. This is essential to break the chains of oppression
2. ensure that those who were damaged by the church receive compensation and that the church (not the taxpayers) should pay that. Ensure that all those who now believe they are above the law because of their position in the church be shown very clearly by direct action that this is not the case
3. enact laws that protect women's rights in line with the directives of Europe including giving women the right to choose to terminate a pregnancy. We cannot continue to ignore the reality of those who travel daily to England because Ireland does not offer them the medical care they need
Signed
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 3, 2014
June 2, 2014
Moving fast toward 250 signatures. Keep the momentum going until we hit the goal.
Reached 100 supporters
March 21, 2014
53 Comments
I am not in favor of terminating a pregnancy. But I am not in favor of Irish girls going to England to do so. But Church and State must be separated. They are two separate entiities.
Get the Church out of our schools!!! No more should the indoctrination of four year olds be tolerated in a supposedly modern society. This country needs a national debate to once and for all deal with the horrors of our catholic past.
As a former infant once incarcerated with the nuns because of family difficulties, (my mother died when I was 1 year old), I still shudder when I think of the bullying and harassment we collectively suffered at the hands of these alleged (Angels of Mercy).
The article about the home and the cesspit mass grave of those 800 defenseless children leaves me totally numb. My mums maiden name is Lally so I have Irish descendants I have not found as yet. It's possible someone in that pit is one of mine. Horrifying.
Religions are not the bastions of morality they are made out to be, rather they maintain inherently flawed teachings of homophobia and mysogeny. Only by taking them out of the equation can real progress be made towards equality for all. If people want to believe in their gods that's their business but the inequality religions propagate can no longer be ignored.
It would be nice to live in a modern democracy, where children can be educated and not indoctrinated, and no special privileges are given to organisations because they claim that there is an invisible being giving the orders.
Is mise Caitliceach. Tá an iomarca cruthaithe dearfa - ní féidir leis an Eaglais áiseanna poiblí a thairiscint. Ní comhúdarás poiblí ceart a bhíonns san Eaglais. Déan obair mhaith dheonach don phobail. Cabhair leo agus iad féin á n-athrú. Is é sin an chaoi cheart chun lorg a chur ar an tír.
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I am not in favor of terminating a pregnancy. But I am not in favor of Irish girls going to England to do so. But Church and State must be separated. They are two separate entiities.