[The Open Secret of Ireland by T. M. Kettle]@TWC D-Link bookThe Open Secret of Ireland CHAPTER VII 29/39
That exists, and will continue, under every variation of government.
It is an eternal antinomy.
But whom does it aggrieve? We Catholics voluntarily abjure the blessings of divorce, but we should never dream of using the civil law to impose our abnegation on those of another belief.
If there is any doubt upon that point it can very easily be removed.
The civil law of marriage can be conserved under one of the "safeguards." The truth is that in order to test our tolerance Orangeism proposes to us a series of exercises which are a very delirium of intolerance. "Sever yourselves," it says in effect to us, "from all allegiance to that Italian Cardinal.
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