Articles about Ulster Unionist Party

9 May 2013
Comment: British LGBT rights under threat from Unionism 5 Paul Hagan-Rae writes that the Unionist leadership in Northern Ireland is holding the country back when it comes to progressing with LGBT rights.
26 September 2012
Lord Ken Maginnis dismisses Stonewall’s ‘bigot’ nomination 45 Lord Ken Maginnis, the former Ulster Unionist MP, who previously referred to same-sex marriage as “unnatural and deviant behaviour” has dismissed his nomination for Stonewall’s “Bigot of the Year” award.
20 August 2012
Ulster councillor withdraws ‘gay disease’ remark 38 An Ulster Unionist councillor has taken back a series of comments he made in which he compared homosexuality variously to a “disease” and a "disability" during a debate on marriage equality.
17 June 2012
Party whip withdrawn from Lord Maginnis over homophobic remarks 30 The leader of Ulster Unionist Party has withdrawn the party whip from Lord Maginnis over his homophobic remarks.
14 June 2012
Northern Ireland: Ulster Unionist Party to hold extraordinary meeting on equal marriage 12 The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party has called for an extraordinary meeting of its policy makers in order to affirm the party's position on equal marriage, the BBC reports.

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