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Caring about the EU
I wish to thank Rene Q. Bas for writing about
the resounding victory of the NO vote against the Lisbon Treaty in
Ireland’s referendum in his most recent article, “Do you care
about what happens to the EU?”
I do care about Catholic Ireland as I have a
colleague there who heads the Irish Society for Christian
Civilization which helped initiate an information drive to defeat
the pernicious Lisbon Treaty.
The referendum only underscores the importance
of consulting first the sovereign will of a nation’s citizens
before approving a questionable treaty that would have a telling and
lasting consequence on their lives. This was only done in Ireland as
the other EU member countries which have so far approved the treaty
put the crucial decision in the hands of their dubious lawmakers.
May we learn from the vigilance of the Irish
people for we may one day find ourselves in a similar situation as
we have our own version of lawmakers who introduce questionable
bills in Congress (e.g. divorce, reproductive health and population
management and antidiscrimination laws that favor homosexuals, etc.)
Dr. Jose Maria P. Alcasid
rcrvision@yahoo.com
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