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Who will be the next minister in charge of adoptions?

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  • 27-02-2011 9:35am
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    Pink Adoptions
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    Barry Andrews, the minister in charge of adoption, was not re-elected a TD for Fianna Fáil on Friday 25th 2011 in his constituency of Dún Laoghaire.

    He is the minister who failed to protect the constitutional rights of children living in "pink households", by denying their parents the right to marry, and thus denying these children the right to be raised in a married household (protected Family according to the constitution=Teaghlach=Household).
    http://www.humanrights.ie/index.php/2010/08/05/cpcroca-2010-naurice-on-family-protection-and-pink-adoption/

    We are still family, he no longer is...

    He was eliminated on the 7th count, as he had anticipated a number of months ago at the last 2010 IAA conference.

    He only got 3452 first votes and only 344 transfers, for a quota of 11336.

    Who will be the next minister? And from which party?
    How will that influence adoption? What about family rights for "pink" households?


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    kathy finn
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    good riddence barry andrews u won,t be missed.


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    Ostrom
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    Pink Adoptions wrote: »
    Barry Andrews, the minister in charge of adoption, was not re-elected a TD for Fianna Fáil on Friday 25th 2011 in his constituency of Dún Laoghaire.

    He is the minister who failed to protect the constitutional rights of children living in "pink households", by denying their parents the right to marry, and thus denying these children the right to be raised in a married household (protected Family according to the constitution=Teaghlach=Household).
    http://www.humanrights.ie/index.php/2010/08/05/cpcroca-2010-naurice-on-family-protection-and-pink-adoption/

    We are still family, he no longer is...

    He was eliminated on the 7th count, as he had anticipated a number of months ago at the last 2010 IAA conference.

    He only got 3452 first votes and only 344 transfers, for a quota of 11336.

    Who will be the next minister? And from which party?
    How will that influence adoption? What about family rights for "pink" households?

    No disagreement on the Andrews issue - but there are many more to blame for this, and his replacement will represent the same broadly conservative political interests.


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    Pink Adoptions
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    efla wrote: »
    No disagreement on the Andrews issue - but there are many more to blame for this, and his replacement will represent the same broadly conservative political interests.

    Maybe not so much if they choose someone like Róisín Shortall.


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