Comments on: Northern Ireland: Anti-Gay MP Had Affair, Attempted Suicide

By: Emily K

Emily K — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:12:17 +0000

It doesn’t surprise me that much that this would happen. I don’t mean this in a snide “Told ya so/FIGures” manner. I mean it makes sense that when people are entrenched in their own dark situations, they lash out at other things to make up for it. Like if a jurist handed down especially harsh sentences on rapists because he had secretly raped someone in the past.

By: John

John — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:20:04 +0000

Her statement does not even hint regret for her treatment of gay folks and seems directed at rallying her supporters to pity her. I am not sure that she is any less of an enemy to equality despite the exposure of her hypocracy.

By: Ben in Oakland

Ben in Oakland — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:43:01 +0000

” I also hope that love, peace and healing will translate into a more gracious, understanding and tolerant attitude towards gays and lesbians.”

Not a chance. As the bumper sticker says “Christians aren’t smug. Just forgiven.” It’s a free, get-out-of-hell card in Spritual Monopoly (kingdom pending).

Stone her! Stone her! stone her!

By: grantdale

grantdale — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:40:02 +0000

Meh, no problems Dave. We all have those alimentary problems at times.

The husband does sound rather kippered. quell surprise.

But, when one claims to want to live and die by the sword… and he also has… it also pays to remember (or at least project) what a sword up the kyber feels like.

Disturbingly, it actually reminded me of the Little Britain sketch with the MP, wife and 2 kids trying to explain the circumstances of how he ended up in a “spit roast”.

Tacky and sad. Tacky as a sad and tacky Tack thingy on Tack-and Sad-day.

By: Dave Rattigan

Dave Rattigan — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:17:52 +0000

The video statement by Iris's husband is pretty gut-wrenching. The guy's devastated.

By: Dave Rattigan

Dave Rattigan — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:05:03 +0000

Doh. Grantdale, an elementary mistake. Thanks for the heads-up.

By: Vegasguy

Vegasguy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:22:33 +0000

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By: grantdale

grantdale — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:26:48 +0000

Sorry Dave. That wasn’t meant to be a smiley face, let alone such a cheery one.

By: grantdale

grantdale — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:20:46 +0000

It’s times like this that I pause and understand why such people imagine that we too must live sordid, demon-tormented, erratic, empty, dishonest and damaging lives.

I hope her family are coping OK.

Also, I think that’s Northern Ireland Dave. The bit up the top shaped like a doughnut with a hole in the middle