Religion is the cause of this godforsaken mess

For centuries, the representatives of a foreign state, the Vatican, have enjoyed the luxury of being able to impose their will upon us. Through subtle coercion and fear-mongering, clerics have, for too long, operated here without hindrance.

The result is that the lawfully elected representatives of Ireland’s people, and their legislature, have yielded to religious dogma and to the beck-and-call of the Church of Rome.

These religious power-brokers penetrated every facet of Irish life and convinced millions of people that they were incapable of self-responsibility or of thinking for themselves.