A Hammer blow to the Roman Catholic Church– ‘Yes’ voters jubilant as anti-abortion campaign concedes defeat in Ireland

ed note–This was the lead story on today’s edition of the Times of Israel, one of the most right wing, Zionist publications in the Jewish state and which deals almost exclusively with issues related to matters local.

And yet, this story, titled in an obviously jubilant manner–is what made it to the top of the ticker.

We point this out because there are those who think that ‘Zionism’ is just about creating a ‘homeland’ for the Jews and nothing more. 

Wrong.

Judaism has been at war with the West ever since the time of the Greeks and Romans and maintains a VISCERAL hatred for the Roman Catholic Church which has been the spiritual legacy and guardian of Western philosophical values. It is for this reason that all the moral plagues which have devastated the West today and have left it a rotted-out shell of what it once was, from porn on demand to drugs/substance abuse to broken families,  militant homosexuality, promiscuity and infanticide have had at their roots today’s modern day Judaic terrorists and saboteurs who have used their money, threats and cajoling in both introducing and then institutionalizing these various social plagues. 

It is interesting to note the choice of ‘hammer’ that the Times of Israel used in its title piece for 2 reasons–

1. The Maccabean revolt which was Judea’s first violent act against the West and against western values and which is celebrated yearly at H-nooka is centered around the leader of this ‘revolt’, Judah Maccabee, who was referred to as ‘the hammer’.

and–

2. Students of history will note that the modern day version of this Judaic attempt at wiping out ‘Western’ values in what became known as the Bolshevik Revolution also had as part of its symbology the hammer as well.

Times of Israel

A leading anti-abortion group said Saturday that Ireland’s historic abortion referendum has resulted in a “tragedy of historic proportions” in a statement that all but admitted defeat, as two exit polls predicted an overwhelming victory for those seeking to overturn the country’s strict ban on terminations.

Official counting for Friday’s referendum on whether or not to liberalize Ireland’s abortion laws was still under way, with results expected later Saturday afternoon. But John McGuirk, spokesman for the Save the 8th group — which refers to the eighth amendment in the constitution which effectively bans terminations — told Irish television Saturday morning that many Irish citizens will not recognize the country they are waking up in.

“You can still passionately believe that the decision of the people is wrong, as I happen to do, and accept it,” said McGuirk. “I don’t think you’ll find many people on our side of the referendum who don’t accept the result. That would be wrong.”

The Irish Times and RTE television exit polls suggest the Irish people have voted overwhelmingly to repeal a 1983 constitutional amendment that requires authorities to treat a fetus and its mother as equals under the law. Currently, terminations are only allowed when a woman’s life is at risk.

If the projected numbers hold up, the referendum would be a landmark in Irish women’s fight for abortion rights and a key turning point for a largely Catholic nation that has seen a wave of liberalization in recent years. It would also likely end the need for thousands of Irish women to travel abroad — mostly to neighboring Britain — for abortions.

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Saturday hailed indications of a resounding referendum majority in favor of overturning an abortion ban as the “culmination of a quiet revolution.”

“What we’ve seen today is the culmination of a quiet revolution that has been taking place in Ireland for the past 10 or 20 years,” Varadkar told RTE, Ireland’s public broadcaster.

Varadkar, who campaigned for repeal, did not claim victory based on the exit polls but seemed very confident late Friday night.

“Thank you to everyone who voted today. Democracy in action. It’s looking like we will make history tomorrow,” he said in a tweet after the exit polls were released.

Both exit polls project that the “yes” vote to repeal the ban to be nearly 70 percent. Surprisingly, deepening the blow to the Roman Catholic church, they also suggest that supporters of more liberal abortion laws may have triumphed throughout the country, not just in the cosmopolitan capital, Dublin, where a strong youth vote had been anticipated.

The RTE exit poll of 3,779 voters predicts support for the “yes” vote in urban areas to be about 72 percent, with rural support at about 63 percent.

It indicates about 72 percent of women voted “yes” along with about 66 percent of men. The strongest backing came from youthful voters — the exit poll says the only age group in which a majority voted “no” were voters who are 65 or older. The poll has a margin of error of 1.6 percent.

The magnitude of the predicted victory exceeds the expectations of abortion rights activists, but prominent opponent of repeal Cora Sherlock said the exit polls, if accurate, “paint a very sad state of affairs.”

She said the “pro-life movement will rise to any challenge it faces” and resist what she called the trend toward abortion on demand.

If the “yes” forces seeking a constitutional change prevail, Ireland’s parliament will be charged with coming up with new abortion laws.

The government proposes to allow abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy with later terminations allowed in some cases.

If confirmed by the official tally, the large margin of victory predicted by the exit polls would greatly strengthen the government’s hand when dealing with abortion opponents in parliament.