Posted on 03/14/2019 7:50:55 PM PDT by blueplum
Warning: Hypocritical hit piece
The Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, who is gay, brought his partner to a meeting on Thursday with the US vice-president, Mike Pence, a conservative Christian once dubbed the face of anti-LGBTQ hate in America.
Varadkar, who is in Washington this week to reaffirm the longstanding shared history between the two countries, brought his partner, Matt Barrett, to a St Patricks Day breakfast at the vice-presidential residence at the Naval Observatory.
Varadkar tweeted that he and Barrett had received a warm reception at Pences home, but in pointed remarks to Pence and gathered media, he also called out various forms of discrimination.
I lived in a country where if Id tried to be myself at the time, it would have ended up breaking laws, he said. But today, that is all changed. I stand here, leader of my country, flawed and human, but judged by my political actions, and not by my sexual orientation, my skin tone, gender or religious beliefs.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
That's par for the course with these deviants.
-PJ
that was exactly my thought.
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