get the catholic church out of the uk

Absolutely correct and we do our best to keep them at bay. Funny thing is, Catholics in the US are fairly liberal. They play guitars in church and dropped the Latin Mass YEARS ago.

Wait, Gerry Adams said Irish Catholics have never been excluded from political action in Ireland? Perhaps in his lifetime. But that doesn't erase 350 years of forced poverty. Asking Irish Catholics to forgive and forget all those years of oppression is like asking African Americans to forget that they were once held in lower regard than cattle. Not fucking likely. What the hell do you care if another independent nation wants to outlaw birth control, abortion and homosexuality?

Look, it's simple. Just give them back their sovereignty without taking an asskicking like you did in the 15th century from Scotland and the 18th century from the US. GB proved they could painlessly give up a little real estate with Palestine, India and the Falklands. What will you miss, some taxes? And if the Irish don't like living in their own society they'll do what they've always done, move to London, Melbourne or New York.