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We had this Letter to Editor published in Irish Times today.n Sir, – I find it disturbing that the Government is proceeding with the “forgotten referendum” in the full knowledge that the Constitution Review Group (Whitaker, 1995), the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution (1998) and the UN Human Rights Committee (Report on Ireland, August…

Here’s why we are calling for a ‘No’ vote in the 35th Amendment to the Constitution referendum – the ‘forgotten referendum’.nnPlease take 5 min to watch this documentary video setting out our concerns at the way the government has ignored the human rights ‘equality’ issue in advancing the 35th amendment without first dealing with the…

Citizens to Separate Church and State sent this message below to RTE last Saturday about media coverage for the ‘forgotten referendum’ – the 35th amendment about age for presidency.nnThe letter we sent last February to the cabinet before the Bill moving the 35th amendment had been presented to the Oireachtas was included. It can be…

Vote No! n Vote No in the Presidential Age Referendum (35th Amendment) nDo you know that you must swear a religious oath to become President of Ireland?nnThis is religious discrimination in our ConstitutionnnThe referendum on age will impose this religious discrimination on every citizen aspiring to become presidentnnThe government has known about this discrimination from…

This open letter was sent today by Citizens for Separation of Church and State to the members of the Oireachtas.nnThe National School system was established in 1831 by the Imperial government to provide a country-wide system of local schools where all the children of the locality would be educated together in the secular curriculum and…

Let’s be quite clear our government has known for decades that the continuance of the constitutional requirement for taking a stated religious oath for high office (President, judges of superior courts and membership of Council of State) is an abnegation of human rights.nnThe UN Human Rights Committee has been calling for urgent action by government…

The Sunday Times’ Behaviour and Attitudes Poll on voting intentions was published yesterday.nn”In the second referendum planned for 22 May – 55% of those surveyed were opposed to lowering the age of presidential candidates, 40% were in favour and 5% were in the ‘don’t know’ category”.nn[That’s the 35th Amendment poll]nnThe poll surveyed 959 people over…

Interesting thought from Dr. Martin (RC archbishop of Dublin) about the fact ‘that many Christians today lived “a sort of de-facto atheism”.nnTheir faith “remains personal and important for them, but it does not bring them to the point of public witness to the truth of Jesus’ life and message”.nnhttp://www.irishtimes.com/…/bishop-of-elphin-expresses-regr…n nnSo why are we continuing with…

Press release for immediate use: 12/03/15nFrom: Citizens to Separate Church and State (CSCS)nnnCITIZENS TO SEPARATE CHURCH AND STATE GROUP TO CAMPAIGN FOR A ‘NO’ VOTE IN REFERENDUMnnnCitizens to Separate Church & State (CSCS)  a group formed to stop the 35th Amendmentnreferendum, unless it is accompanies by a right to ‘Affirm’ alongsidenthe currently mandated religious oath,…