Thin Lizzy Singer Would Have Objected to GOP Using Band's Music, Mom Says



Thin Lizzy singer Philip Lynott would have objected to Republicans using his music as part of their campaign, his mother said in an interview with Hot Press. Philomena Lynott said her son, who died in 1986, would have disagreed with Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan on issues including gay marriage and taxes. Lynott co-founded Thin Lizzy and wrote the band's 1976 hit "The Boys Are Back in Town," which played as Ryan took the stage last week at the Republican National Convention to accept his party's nomination for vice president.

"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 said. "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."



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