'Hardball' Panel Uses Irish Approval of Same-Sex Marriage to Blast GOP

Read more at NewsBusters | Irish voters' approval of same-sex marriage via ballot referendum on Friday proved the perfect excuse for Hardball host Chris Matthews to bash Republican presidential contenders for their steadfast support for traditional marriage and criticism of judicial activism in redefining the institution.

For what it's worth, Irish-Catholic Chris Matthews and his panelists essentially trashed the Emerald Isle as, well, backwards for having held on to socially conservative policy positions while much of the rest of Europe was far more socially liberal.