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Saint Patrick ☘ (shamrocked_) wrote,
@ 2015-02-04 23:45:00

Current mood:	frustrated
Entry tags:	actual fuck you

A pro-life group is all up in arms because they're not allowed to march in the St Patrick's Day parade.

“I find it very disturbing that a door had opened for a gay group and been slammed in the face of a right-to-life group,” Rex told the Irish Voice.

I, for one, don't find it disturbing that a group supporting equal rights is finally allowed to march, and a group supporting misogyny and taking away the rights of women isn't.

But no one asked me.

Honestly, it's not even difficult to do proper research on who St Patrick was to know which of those groups he would support.

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	naomh_padraig 2015-02-04 10:47 am UTC (link)
	Don't be silly, Patrick, the day isn't about us. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	shamrocked_ 2015-02-04 10:48 am UTC (link)
	Silly me for assuming it was! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	naomh_padraig 2015-02-04 10:48 am UTC (link)
	You do know what they say about assuming. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shamrocked_ 2015-02-04 10:49 am UTC (link)
	Hahaha! Hey! (Reply to this) (Parent)

cup_of_joey
2015-02-04 10:53 am UTC (link)

So, I googled even and it was the second result.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/recycled/2009/03/st_patrick_revealed.html

"He was a proto-feminist who valued women in an age when the church ignored them. He always sided with the downtrodden and the excluded, whether they were slaves or the pagan Irish. If Patrick were around today, Cahill says, he would join the gay marchers."

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	shamrocked_ 2015-02-04 10:54 am UTC (link)
	How could you, Joseph!? The church likes to keep that shit on the downlow! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cup_of_joey 2015-02-04 10:54 am UTC (link)
	I know. I'm pretty radical with my googlefu. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shamrocked_ 2015-02-04 10:58 am UTC (link)
	I mean, he's a Catholic Saint, he wouldn't approve of those women and gays! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cup_of_joey 2015-02-04 10:59 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, fuck those guys. Weren't basically all your followers women? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shamrocked_ 2015-02-04 11:01 am UTC (link)
	Yep! Roughly 80%, I'd say! But yeah, I would completely stand for something that took away their autonomy since I spent decades telling them they didn't have to enter into the slavery of marriage and be subservient to men. That makes total sense. Sometimes I just have to throw my hands up and sigh. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	reptileblooded 2015-02-04 11:35 am UTC (link)
	Personally I like the pro-lifers, because unwanted babies and new mothers are the most delicious. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	shamrocked_ 2015-02-04 11:38 am UTC (link)
	Well I wouldn't know anything about that... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	reptileblooded 2015-02-04 11:43 am UTC (link)
	The flesh of a mother slaughtered the day after she's given birth is sweeter than any other meat. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shamrocked_ 2015-02-04 11:49 am UTC (link)
	I- literally have no idea what to say to that beyond, ...okay? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	reptileblooded 2015-02-04 11:59 am UTC (link)
	How's your baby doing, Saint Patrick? You had one a while back, didn't you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shamrocked_ 2015-02-04 12:14 pm UTC (link)
	No? No. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	dewi_sant 2015-02-05 09:26 am UTC (link)
	Sometimes I'm glad Wales is nonconformist religion-wise. How are you, dearest? I am so sorry for how much of a hermit I've been. I've missed you. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	shamrocked_ 2015-02-05 01:16 pm UTC (link)
	That'd be nice. I'm great! Actually, if you have time to have tea or lunch or something, I'd love to drop by and visit. I have news and I'd love to see you, Bridget and the twins. I've missed you too, Dewi. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dewi_sant 2015-02-07 11:23 am UTC (link)
	Certainly. We're still living in the same place, so you know where to find us. I'll bake if you're coming. I'll bake if you're not, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shamrocked_ 2015-02-08 07:53 am UTC (link)
	I don't doubt you bake every day! I'll stop by this week! OOC: WE SHOULD WRITE THIS (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dewi_sant 2015-02-08 09:52 am UTC (link)
	Splendid! OOC: Okay! =) I should think of a plot for him. Something to make him more interesting to me again, rather than just parenting and charity and praying. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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insolentia_, 2015-02-08 09:56 am UTC

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	famedhistory 2015-02-05 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	Women getting to decide what they'll do to their own bodies, Gods forbid. What next pagans and Christians living together in harmony? Sorry you have to deal with that. I'd help but I'm a lot less kind about such things. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	shamrocked_ 2015-02-06 03:31 am UTC (link)
	Imagine that! (I love you!) It's frustrating, but I'm just glad the LGBT group got approved finally. It's been years. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	famedhistory 2015-02-06 04:49 am UTC (link)
	The scandal Patrick, the scandal. (Love you too) Long time coming if you ask me. But if you need to vent I'll listen. I'm good like that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shamrocked_ 2015-02-06 05:53 am UTC (link)
	So much scandal. Too long. But it's been set right now. (Reply to this) (Parent)