*shrug* It's Ireland. The country is Constitutionally Roman Catholic. This situation exists in many predominantly RC countries.
It does suck to be a victim of it, and I'm glad she's fighting for progress. But this has been status quo for longer than I've been alive.
Censorship is also alive and well there--I have relatives who came to the States to watch banned movies with me. The Church isn't keen on Monty Python's The Life of Brian, did you know that?
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Date: 2007-05-04 05:54 pm (UTC)It does suck to be a victim of it, and I'm glad she's fighting for progress. But this has been status quo for longer than I've been alive.
Censorship is also alive and well there--I have relatives who came to the States to watch banned movies with me. The Church isn't keen on Monty Python's The Life of Brian, did you know that?