Derry: Elderly gay couple 'being forced out of Derry home'

So here we are again, homophobes raise their ugly heads in Derry and this is not the first time I have heard of this from that city. The Irish Independent reports that an Elderly gay couple have been the victims of attacks, physical and verbal on their properties in the last number of months. I am truly sickened by this behavior. Every time, its a case of one step forward, 15 back. For crying out loud, those little sick shits who are doing these attacks need to be stopped. Nobody, gay or straight deserves the level of abuse that this couple has faced up to this point and it certainly does not fit in with the plight of the civil rights marches in the 1960s & 70s. For Christ sake, it is sickening to think that up to 10-15 years ago, these same shits were either quaking at their mothers boots for fear of reprisals against their respective communities. Now they are doing the same to those who are as vulnerable as our children, the elderly. I hope to christ that something does get done and done fast for all concerned. However the only way to sort the rampant homophobia in North and South, is to tackle the root problems across the board. Education & Legal recognition of the status of same-sex relationships will go along way to attempting to deal with the institutional & societal homophobia which exists.

(ps, cheers to Oz for reminding me about this story-I saw it this morning and wasn't reminded about it until he emailed it on to me)