Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-04-Speech-3-186"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Discrimination and equal treatment in the workplace2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001004.8.3-186"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-04-Speech-3-1872
lpv:speaker	lp:Ian R.K. Paisley2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I will confine my remarks to religious belief and homosexuality. The President of Italy addressed this House today and I was interested when he said that it was not the aim of this Union to negate national values. Some of the matters before us today are destructive to national values. We have a proposal that elevates homosexuality to the same position as holy marriage. To achieve that, vast numbers of religious people who believe the holy scriptures are to be discriminated against in a most sinister and dictatorial manner. What about those people whose religious beliefs are based on the holy scriptures, their churches, schools, organisations and hospices? You might not like it that they believe the scriptures, you might not like what the scriptures say, but they have a right to hold those views. The Bible makes it perfectly clear that those who abuse themselves with mankind cannot enter the Kingdom of God. Some in this room would say that is bigotry. But that is what these people believe because they are tied and anchored to the holy scriptures. They also believe what the Apostle Paul said, that acts between men and men are unseemly and are the result of lust not of love. How can these religious people be forced to employ those who, by profession and practice, advocate such anti-scriptural behaviour? Are there going to be safeguards written into this legislation for those that believe that sex should only be between male and female within the marriage bond? These proposals strike a blow at the sanctity of marriage and the sanctity of the home and they should be rejected."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Democratic Unionist Party (Northern Ireland) (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Paisley (NI )."1

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