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Collective Deniability: All But Two MPs in Dail Are Cowards – Allow Deviant Sex-Ed Bill To Pass Without Even Voting On It! When Good Men Do Nothing…
Fianna Fáil had been expected to oppose legislation but just two TDs sought vote - Legislation which provides for factual objective sex education without regard to a school’s ethos has unexpectedly passed second stage in the Dáil without a vote.
When Leas Cheann Comhairle Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher asked those in favour of a vote to stand just two TDs - Independents Michael Harty and Mattie McGrath - rose.
Fianna Fáil had indicated its opposition to the Provision of Objective Sex Education Bill over concerns about its effect on schools’ ethos and about curriculum issues being set in legislation.
But the party did not support a vote against the legislation. A minimum of 10 TDs must want a vote for one to take place.
The Bill was introduced by Solidarity TD Paul Murphy, who claimed sex education in Ireland was “in the dark ages” and affected by a school’s religious ethos.
The Bill provides for education about consent, contraception, abortion
