Orlando vigil and solidarity
After the Order of Business was declared concluded, Eamon Ryan was allowed to describe an Orlando vigil and emphasise love, solidarity and resistance to hatred.
On behalf of the Green Party, I want to express my view-----
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I attended the vigil last night and there was a sign displayed which made me think. It said, "It is all about love". I thought of those lines that every Irish married couple know from the letter to the Corinthians that "Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always [trusts, always protects,] always hopes, always perseveres". That was the mood at the vigil last night, but love might need a bit of a helping hand because it seems our world at the moment is full of people who are evil and who are willing, all too easily, to dishonour others, people who are self-seeking, easily angered and keep a record of wrongs. I was thinking of the words the Ceann Comhairle uses at the start of every day here, namely, "that every word and work of ours" may start with and end with love, in how we deal with migration, the economy, international affairs and how we stand up for our gay friends and colleagues in everything we do. It is about equality. We stand for love in this House against the evil we saw at the weekend.