(Ireland) - LABOUR last night branded Government moves to block its civil union proposals “shameful” as the Dáil debated same sex marriage for the first time. The party’s Justice spokesman Brendan Howlin attacked Tánaiste Michael McDowell’s amendments to Labour’s landmark Bill as “deeply opportunistic”. Amid heated Dáil exchanges he attacked Government moves to delay a second reading of the proposed legislation for six months as an attempt to kill the Bill while attempting to look supportive. Mr Howlin compared the reform to previous ones on contraception and divorce which were highly contentious at the time yet today command widespread approval.
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