The incident was also discussed in the European Parliament. with Irish MEP Paul Murphy, calling the payout "a real attack on the freedom of speech" and stating “When John Waters says that gay marriage is ‘a kind of satire’, that is homophobia.
Der irische EU-Abgeordnete Paul Murphy kritisierte die Zahlung als „a real attack on the freedom of speech“ und führte weiter aus: „When John Waters says that gay marriage is ‘a kind of satire’, that is homophobia.