{"id":34367,"date":"2018-05-26T15:33:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T19:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=34367"},"modified":"2018-05-26T15:33:38","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T19:33:38","slug":"bloody-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2018\/05\/bloody-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloody Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Ireland once saved civilization<\/a>, keeping Christianity and the classical tradition alive, during the barbarian invasions after the fall of Rome, eventually converting those barbarians.\u00a0 Not this time.\u00a0 Ireland joined the rest of the uncivilized world by voting to legalize<\/a> the barbaric practice of abortion.<\/p>\n

The Irish voted to repudiate their Christian heritage and their Catholic identity,\u00a0with 66.4% voting to repeal the Constitution\u2019s Eighth Amendment, which granted equal rights to the unborn, with 33.6% voting \u201cno.\u201d\u00a0 The Eighth Amendment was added to the Constitution by a similar referendum in 1983, with 67% of the vote, about the same percentage who now voted to repeal it.<\/p>\n

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From Claire Chretien,\u00a0Ireland votes to legalize abortion: \u2018a tragedy of historic proportions\u2019:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Irish citizens voted to legalize abortion on Friday, ending Ireland\u2019s legacy as one of the world\u2019s most pro-life nations.<\/p>\n

The votes are still being officially counted, but the pro-abortion campaign is declaring victory and pro-lifers are calling this a \u201ctragedy of historic proportions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 8th amendment did not create a right to life for the unborn child \u2013 it merely acknowledged that such a right exists, has always existed, and will always exist,\u201d the pro-life Save the 8th campaign said in a statement. \u201cWhat Irish voters did yesterday is a tragedy of historic proportions. However, a wrong does not become right simply because a majority support it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ireland has one of the lowest maternal mortality rates in the world. The Eighth Amendment of its Constitution guaranteed equal rights for pre-born babies and their mothers.<\/p>\n

Repealing the Eighth Amendment was a decades-long goal of the abortion movement. The Irish voted by 67 percent to add the Eighth Amendment to their constitution in 1983, making the Emerald Isle a uniquely safe place for pre-born babies in contrast to the rest of the West\u2019s liberal abortion regimes.<\/p>\n

There have been five previous votes on repealing the Eighth Amendment, all of which failed. One was in 1983, three were in 1992, and one was in 2002. . . .<\/p>\n

In early 2018, the Irish government approved putting the Eighth Amendment to a vote in May with the promise that\u00a0if passed, legislation allowing abortion on demand would be introduced. The proposed legislation \u2013 which may be introduced next week \u2013 is expected to be abortion on demand during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy for healthy babies and later throughout pregnancy for nebulous \u201chealth\u201d reasons, for babies with disabilities, and babies conceived in rape.<\/p>\n

[Keep reading. . .]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Photo of a previous pro-abortion demonstration in Ireland, by Ardfern [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0) or GFDL (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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