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SpankMe

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5. My hopes aren't high. Varadkar is a conservative by every other measure

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2018, 03:09 PM

Mar 2018

I'm on board with any lecture Pence can get on LGBT dignity and rights. But, I'd rather it come from someone with more rounded progressive bona-fides. Varadkar is center right - progressive on most social issues, but he's anti-abortion and pro-business to a degree that would make an American Republican blush. It's said that his abortion stance is "evolving". But that just sounds like politics to me.

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Ireland's Openly-Gay Prime Minister to Meet With Mike Pence and Press Him on LGBT Rights [View all] DonViejo Mar 2018 OP

Will Pence insist they have a "chaperone?" Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #1

Mother has given her permission njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #2

Betcha he's already got the hazmat/fumigation team scheduled for post-meeting cleanup. n/t TygrBright Mar 2018 #3

Go for it, Leo! janx Mar 2018 #4

My hopes aren't high. Varadkar is a conservative by every other measure SpankMe Mar 2018 #5

The Irish PM should greet Pence with a two sided European kiss! Lucky Luciano Mar 2018 #6

oh mygod!! that would be hilarious! riversedge Mar 2018 #7

Oooooh, this ought to be good! FakeNoose Mar 2018 #8