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Post by mhbruin on Mar 8, 2024 9:55:19 GMT -8
Ireland Wants to Get Katie Britt Out of the Kitchen
According to Ireland’s Constitution, a woman’s place is in the home.
Irish voters will decide Friday — International Women’s Day — whether to change the 87-year-old document to remove passages the government says are outdated and sexist. The twin referendums are on deleting a reference to women’s domestic duties and broadening the definition of the family.
The first vote deals with a part of the constitution that pledges to protect the family as the primary unit of society. Voters are being asked to remove a reference to marriage as the basis “on which the family is founded” and replace it with a clause that says families can be founded "on marriage or on other durable relationships.” If passed, it will be the 39th amendment to Ireland’s Constitution.
The second change — a proposed 40th amendment — would remove a reference to women’s role in the home as a key support to the state, and delete a statement that “mothers shall not be obliged by economic necessity to engage in labor to the neglect of their duties in the home.” It would add a clause saying the state will strive to support “the provision of care by members of a family to one another.”
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Post by mhbruin on Mar 8, 2024 9:59:01 GMT -8
What's Wrong With These Numbers? Tune in Tomorrow to Find OutSTATE TRUMP HALEY MARGIN Massachusetts 65.5% 28.7% +36.8 North Carolina 67.6 22.5 +45.1 Virginia 65.2 16.5 +48.7 California 73.4 18.6 +54.7 Texas 78.4 14.4 +64.0 Tennessee 83.3 14.6 +68.8
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