Singer’s mum: Thin Lizzy would have opposed “anti-gay” GOP using their song
Singer’s mum: Thin Lizzy would have opposed “anti-gay” GOP using their song
The mother of Thin Lizzy singer, Philip Lynott, would have been strongly against the Republicans using his music during their national convention because of the party’s stance on equal marriage.
Paul Ryan, the GOP’s vice-Presidential candidate, walked out at the RNC to ‘The Boys are Back in Town’, but Philomena Lynott said in an interview that her son, who died in 1986, would have rejected any association between the political party and the band’s music.
“As far as I am concerned, Mitt Romney’s opposition to gay marriage and to civil unions for gays makes him anti-gay – which is not something that Philip would have supported,” Philomena Lynott, 81, told Hot Press.
“He had some wonderful gay friends, as indeed I do, and they deserve equal treatment in every respect, whether in Ireland or the United States.”
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/09/05/singers-mum-thin-lizzie-would-have-opposed-anti-gay-gop-using-their-song/
