Ogra FF chair retracts remarks on homosexuals

THE incoming chairperson of Ogra Fianna Fáil’s largest third-level cumann has apologised for suggesting gay adoption would be “detrimental” to the country and the “lifestyles engaged by the majority of those who have homosexuality...” was something he would never accept.

In an blog dated February 27, 2010, Eoin Furlong — who was elected chairman of the Donogh O’Malley Cumann in University College Cork on Tuesday — wrote that “as a proud member of Fianna Fáil, and Ógra, this is one piece of policy that I simply cannot support”.

His blog — posted under the heading That’s all Right with me, before being removed, said: “The Irish family is something we as a nation must en devour [sic] to preserve and protect. Thankfully, the [Civil Partnership Bill] does not allow same-sex couples to adopt, something which would be detrimental to the children and future of this country.”