So Here’s Not To You Mrs. Robinson
July 21, 2008 by James Hipps
Iris Robinson has walked into her biggest controversy yet after stating in the UK Parliament that homosexuality is “viler” than child sex abuse, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal today.
The First Minister’s wife made the controversial comments in the House of Commons in front of Policing and Justice Minister Paul Goggins and a committee of UK MPs during a debate on the assessment and management of sex offenders. Speaking about community concerns over sex offenders Mrs. Robinson then stated: “There can be no viler act, apart from homosexuality and sodomy, than sexually abusing innocent children.” Her comments have not been omitted from a written transcript of the debate which has been published on the Parliament website. When contacted by the Belfast Telegraph Mrs Robinson said she stood by her views and stated that homosexuality was “comparable” to child sex abuse.
Read the rest of the story at belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
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