The Irish Times view on the churches and gay rights: the road to irrelevance
The actions of the Presbyterian church are typical of a failure to keep up with changes in social attitudes
Rathgar Presbyterians object to church threats to dismiss minister in same-sex row
Sandymount church council refuses to back down over appointment of gay member
Leading Presbyterian Prof Sam McConkey condemns church’s threat to dismiss Dublin minister
Church ‘bringing shame on itself’ with order to recant appointment of gay council member
Sandymount Presbyterian row the latest in the church over same-sex issues
In 2018 the General Assembly in Belfast decided same-sex couples could no longer be full members of the church, nor could their children be baptised
Presbyterian Church threat over gay man sparks outrage
Sandymount minister and council appointment decision ‘injurious’ to purity and peace
Presbyterian Church calls on Dublin minister to recant over appointment of gay man
Leaked report says decision has ‘caused scandal injurious to the purity and peace of the church’
Presbyterian Church trying to retrospectively justify homophobia
I was dismissed as a church elder because I married my same-sex partner
Government must address anti-discrimination laws, says Norris
Call comes after two men dismissed from Church duties after marrying same-sex partners
Liberal Irish Presbyterians dismayed by conservatism
Heavy-handed treatment of same-sex issues harmful to soul of the church
Deep rifts over Presbyterian Church’s hard line on same-sex marriage
New laws in North will see further divisions emerge as attitudes harden within church
Removal of Dublin electoral database unwarranted
Opinion: Data Protection Commissioner should reverse electoral list clampdown
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