Mary Robinson surfaces again.Ft. Worth, TX--Mrs. Mary Robinson, trained and practised in Irish law, was elected President of Ireland The President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) [uːəxt̪ˠəɾaːn̪ˠ n̪ˠə heːɼən̪ˠ] is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. in 1990. In 1997 she hit the international stage as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. Like her present Canadian successor, former Supreme Court Justice, Louise Arbour, Mary is a radical feminist. Her emphasis is "human sexuality." Mrs. Robinson was the keynote speaker on Aug. 20, 2004, at the joint assembly in Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. , of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR LCWR Leadership Conference of Women Religious ) and the Conference of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM CMSM Conference of Major Superiors of Men (since 1956) CMSM Consolidated Municipal Service Manager (Canada) ). Radical feminists are by no means out of place in these two groups. Although all 1000 attendees did not agree, resolutions at this conference suggested that no one should "be cowed into silence by the Vatican on issues such as the role of women in the Church and priests who want the celibacy rule lifted" (NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers , Sept. 12 '04). The 500 religious women passed a resolution of their own, calling for the resignation of Cardinal Ratzinger and his replacement by a "feminist woman" (CNS See Continuous net settlement. CNS See continuous net settlement (CNS). , Sept. 8, '04). Mary Robinson advocated the enhanced empowerment of women as contributing to an increase in worldwide human security. "The key to change," she declared, "is empowering people to change their own lives. For this they need the means to hold their governments accountable at local and national levels." From there she went on to identify areas in which religious activists could help in the empowerment of women: violence against women and trafficking of women; exploitation of women as domestic or informal employees; "recognizing the gender dimension of HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ; and adopting a pro-active approach to securing women's lives and health." Mother Teresa would no doubt have approved of the first aims, but would have had problems with the last items. They reflect the perennial feminist cries for "reproductive rights," promoted so much through the U.N. Ms. Robinson has no use for "fundamentalists" of any kind, Catholic, Muslim, or the present Bush government, who oppose "reproductive rights". |
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