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Irish Prime minister to challenge Pence on Gay marriage views
Irish Independent ^ | 12th March 2018 | Phillip Ryan

Posted on 03/12/2018 3:38:35 PM PDT by Ennis85

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has said he is concerned Irish whiskey could be targeted as part of the escalating trade war between the US and the EU.

Speaking on the first day of his week-long visit to the US, Mr Varadkar said when he hears the EU threaten to put import tariffs on US bourbon, it concerns him that Irish whiskey could also be hit with tariffs.

“When I hear bourbon whiskey I think the next response could be tariffs against Irish whiskey,” he said.

Speaking at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, Mr Varadkar warned that a cross-Atlantic trade war would be “bad for everyone”.

During his visit to the festival, the Taoiseach met former Californian Governor and Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who invited him to visit his home town of Santa Monica.

The Taoiseach told the ‘Terminator’ star “I love your work” when they chatted in the corridors of the Hilton Hotel in Austin.

Meanwhile, in a wide-ranging interview with ‘Texas Tribune’ chief executive Evan Smith, Mr Varadkar discussed US President Donald Trump’s administration and a raft of domestic issues in Ireland.

Asked for his view of Mr Trump, the Taoiseach said “he’s definitely not a career politician”, adding that this was one of the reasons he was elected as president.

On Vice-President Mike Pence’s stance on marriage equality, Mr Varadkar said he always saw the US as a “beacon of freedom”, but added it is “really tough” to see that America is no longer a “world leader” on gay rights.

He said he thinks the majority of American people agree with him on marriage equality “even if the administration doesn’t”.

The Taoiseach said he intended to raise LGBT rights with Mr Pence when they meet on Friday.

On the issue of migration, Mr Varadkar said he would not comment on US policy, but he got a round of applause when he said 17pc of people living in Ireland were not born there and “we are all the better for it”.

Today he travels to Oklahoma where he will meet the Choctaw Nation and pay tribute for their relief efforts during the Great Famine. The tribe collected $170 – equal to several thousand dollars today – for famine relief in Ireland.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; US: California; US: Indiana; US: Oklahoma; US: Texas; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: arnoldschwarzenegger; austin; california; choctawnation; europeanunion; fartyshadesofgreen; gay; gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; indiana; ireland; leovaradkar; lgtb; oklahoma; pence; santamonica; taoiseach; tariffs; texas; trump
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So I've been hearing this for a while now about how our PM intends to raise the issue of "gay rights" with Trump and Pence on his visit to the States.

...And just what rights exactly do homosexuals not have that everyone else does? This is like the third article I have read on this subject and now I'm just p*ssed. Enough is enough I am writing a letter to that paper and am going to tear the sh*t out of our worthless leader.

1 posted on 03/12/2018 3:38:35 PM PDT by Ennis85
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The Ireland of my ancestors is now just another European cesspool.It saddens me deeply to say that but facts are facts.
2 posted on 03/12/2018 3:40:52 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obama & Hillary: The Two Most Corrupt Politicians of My Lifetime.)
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All this constant gay talk is sexual harassment against normal people. Let's sue them.
3 posted on 03/12/2018 3:43:30 PM PDT by donna (Chelsea Manning is Obama's legacy.)
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With all the profound world problems out there, a European PM wants to consume precious face-time with the US VP talking about gay marriage in the USA ... INSANITY.


4 posted on 03/12/2018 3:43:45 PM PDT by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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To: Gay State Conservative

The queers will rule the world until the Muslims take over. They will eliminate the problem.


5 posted on 03/12/2018 3:43:50 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Ennis85

Today’s Irish have really turned on St. Patrick. Now they are all excited about killing their babies.


6 posted on 03/12/2018 3:47:30 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks Ennis85. The correct move is for VP Pence to tell the dumbass that either he shuts his piehole and keeps it shut, or the US imposes even higher tariffs.

7 posted on 03/12/2018 3:49:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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This is what has become of generations of longing and martyrs for a free and independent Ireland. Rigid PC totalitarianism that John Bull never dreamed of! Eire, enjoy your rebel songs this St. Pat’s because it’s all you have remaining.


8 posted on 03/12/2018 3:49:18 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Ennis85

UNNATURAL SEX is Invading once good countries.


9 posted on 03/12/2018 3:49:35 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ennis85

Every homosexual issue boils down to is there a gay gene or not? And there isn’t but they are trying to fake one up.


10 posted on 03/12/2018 3:50:09 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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Allow me to clarify what is meant by “gay rights” that makes them different from everyone else’s rights:

1. Homosexuals want to eliminate the age of consent so they can sexually assault young boys and not just get away with it, but criminalize any parents who protest.

2. They want the right to suppress any religion that opposes them except for radical Islam.

3. They want the right to silence and censor anyone who dares to criticize them or point out uncomfortable truths about them.

4. They want the right to normalize perversion and to marginalize decency.

And there you go.

Sláinte!


11 posted on 03/12/2018 3:50:28 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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Irish Prime minister to challenge Pence on Gay marriage views

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has said he is concerned Irish whiskey could be targeted

It seems to add up somehow.

12 posted on 03/12/2018 3:55:31 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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What’s with all their freaks turning SXSW into their own political platforms?

BTW, two package bombs exploded today in Austin. A third bomb exploded a few days ago. Strange goings on in uber lib Austin.


13 posted on 03/12/2018 3:59:58 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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Maybe this Irish dude will be informed, that America allows homosexual marriage. The battle over marriage is over. Why does he want to discuss; what is there to discuss on that topic??????


14 posted on 03/12/2018 4:06:43 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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He’s feeling sore about the whole not letting trans people in the military thing.


15 posted on 03/12/2018 4:08:59 PM PDT by Ennis85
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To: Gay State Conservative

Yep. Sad to say.


16 posted on 03/12/2018 4:09:38 PM PDT by Eagles6
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I’m glad I got to enjoy SxSW back in the day when it was all about the music.....


17 posted on 03/12/2018 4:11:56 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: Ennis85

Very non irish sounding surname


18 posted on 03/12/2018 4:17:05 PM PDT by wardaddy (As a southerner I've never trusted the Grand Old Party.....any questions?)
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To: Ennis85

The PM is a fag


19 posted on 03/12/2018 4:17:55 PM PDT by wardaddy (As a southerner I've never trusted the Grand Old Party.....any questions?)
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Oh, that? Well, that’s none of his business.


20 posted on 03/12/2018 4:18:46 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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