Dad George Clarke, who married husband Kenny last summer, has told media in his native Co. Down that his 11-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter went to school crying, after Robinson defended a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor who said homosexuality should be made illegal.
George has now hit out at Robinson over his insensitive comments, which were made during a discussion on BBC’s The View.
The devoted dad revealed that his children were left devastated and fearing that their parents were going to be put in jail.
“I don’t really care for who Peter Robinson is, but when his party and others like them are the reason my children are going to school in tears then something has got to change,” said George.
Robinson’s comments came after councillor Paul McLean said that homosexuality should be declared illegal. Robinson went on to defend McLean’s right to an opinion, adding that he ‘hoped people would obey the law’ if such a measure was made legal.
Opening up on the hurt that the comments have caused his family, George added: “It’s as if you are gay you are not real, you are not worthy. I believe it’s the fearmongering that the DUP do that keeps them in power. I’m annoyed at myself for letting what Peter Robinson has said to get to me, but it has.”
George’s children, Leo and Tobyn, are from a previous relationship, and they spend alternate weeks at his house and their mother’s home.
