Christian Solidarity Party
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| Comhar Críostaí - Christian Solidarity Party | |
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| Leader | Cathal Loftus |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | 14 North Frederick Street, Dublin 1 353-(0)1-878 3529 comharcriostai@eircom.net |
| Political Ideology | Conservatism, Social conservatism |
| International Affiliation | {{{international}}} |
| European Affiliation | none |
| European Parliament Group | n/a |
| Colours | Lemon Yellow |
| Website | None |
| See also | Politics of Ireland |
The Christian Solidarity Party (Irish: An Comhar Críostaí) is a political party in the Republic of Ireland without parliamentary representation. It was founded by Gerard Casey and first took part in the 1997 general election.
It is robustly orthodox to Roman Catholic teachings and policies, and its main policies are based upon traditional, and unequivocal, pro-life natalism. It is against gay marriage and gay adoption. The party describes itself as follows: "The Christian Solidarity Party is dedicated to the causes of Life, the Family and the Community. The CSP promotes policies that safeguard the value of human life from conception to natural death, that support the position of the family as the fundamental unit group of society, and that allow human communities to flourish in a manner consistent with human dignity."
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[edit] CSP People 2005
The leader is party president Cathal Loftus. Michael O'Brien is the general secretary.
In the European Parliament election, 2004, the CSP announced it had no plans to run, but later announced pro-lifer Barry Despard as a candidate. He said he was standing because other parties, wittingly or unwittingly, supported "killing people before they are born". The party asked for "moral voters" to vote no.1 Despard and transfer to pro-life candidates. He came ninth of twelve candidates in the Dublin constituency with 5,352 first-preference votes, or 1.3% of the valid poll.
In the 2002 general election, the CSP ran 19 candidates, between the ages of 22 and 82. Some ran in more than one constituency. They spent €12,284.71 on the campaign.
The Party fielded several candidates in the 2007 general election:
- Mary Doherty (Donegal North East)
- Paul O'Loughlin (Dublin Central)
- Colm Callanan (Dublin Mid West)
- Michael Redmond (Dublin South Central)
- Conor O'Donoghue (Limerick East)[1]
None were elected, and lost their deposits for failing to achieve a required minimum number of votes.
[edit] 2007 General Election
The CSP ran eight candidates - two women and six men - in the 2007 election and all fell well short of scoring 1% of the vote. Party leader Cathal Loftus received 210 votes in Dublin North, 0.38% of the votes and came last out of eleven candidates. Paul O'Loughlin, the party's best-performing candidate who had recently humiliated himself on the party's party election broadcast scored just 260 votes in Dublin Central, with 0.75% of the vote. The party as a whole scored 0.06% of the total national vote.
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[edit] External links
- Christian Solidarity Party — from the Irish Times guide to the 2002 election
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