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17th Apr 2015

Pic: This Cork newspaper headline is causing outrage ahead of Marriage Equality referendum

They are, quite rightly, getting slammed for it

Tony Cuddihy

Well.

This is the free newspaper that came in through Cork letterboxes today.

Pastor Craig Ledbetter of the Bible Baptist Church of Ballincollig is supporting calls for a conscience clause to be inserted into the upcoming referendum on marriage equality, allowing priests to refuse to perform same-sex marriages in the event that the referendum passes.

Read the full article here.

Pastor Ledbetter’s views, as well as the inflammatory headline on the article, are being roundly savaged on social media.

https://twitter.com/AliDonnelly/status/589012423203393536

The Cork News have deleted any tweets relating to the article, despite the fact that it remains on the website. Once again, click here if you want to read it.

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