After an open meeting last week organised by the Rainbow Community in Newry, where MLAs and local representatives took questions from the audience on issues which the gay community were facing, a row has erupted in a following council meeting. the UKIPs representative Henry Reilly and the DUPs William Burns, Both council members who refused to attend the Rainbow Communities event, described homosexuality as "unnatural" stating "Homosexuality is a highly destructive lifestyle".
What are your thoughts????
Should these comments have been made in a Public Office???

Although I dont agree with the comments you do have to think about free speech and that these politicians are elected so they are obviously expressing the opinions of the people who vote for them.

Although I dont agree with the comments you do have to think about free speech and that these politicians are elected so they are obviously expressing the opinions of the people who vote for them.

bull crap if i wair to be races it wouldnt be exapted as freedom of spech for to long heatred desiceased as peoples openyen has bean alowedn i say know more homofobs are no more than heat monherning prics useing religing to cover there tracks i cant stand it theys high and might god fearing typs all up in arms that its ther right to ther opening but if it wair my open that the wight man is sapern and that all none wights shouled be pout to death or removed that wouled be exapted its a desreas that homofobea isnt sean as the same as races and secternisum

well although i dont think it was very professional for them to say, i dont think its right to take away their opinions either. although seeing as theyre supposed to be role models etc i dont think its a good idea to tell people, especially young people, that homophobia is right whenever there are extreme measures going on to stamp it out.

however, i think shiv is being a bit extreme. they were only saying it was unnatural and maybe its their beliefs, its not like they were going round saying lets shoot all the gays.

I have no idea what shiv is saying :\

may be i was but is it realy that far from it Hitler didnt start by saying i whant to kill all the jews he called them names it just anyes me that homophobes is one of the last acceptabil tips of hatred when when i say acceptabil it more or les is