article_snippet: Sporting a green tie and noticing that everyone else was also wearing one, or clad in green, Biden suddenly blurted: 'Anyone wearing orange is not welcome in here.'
article_snippet: The purported joke was a reference to Ireland's religious and political divide which was at the heart of the Troubles, the violence which killed 3,000 from the late 1960s until the start of the millennium.
article_snippet: Orange is the color associated with the Protestant majority in Northern Ireland, and overcoming sectarian tensions has been a major part of the effort to bring peace to the once-deeply troubled province.
article_snippet: Northern Irish Protestants traditionally wear orange during Northern Irish Protestants annual summer parades, while green is used as a symbol by mostly Catholic Irish nationalists and is a theme of St Patrick's Day celebrations around the world.
article_snippet: Whether they were intended as a joke or not, the comments are a slur on those who would be known as 'orange' i.e. Protestants,' said the Rev William McCrea, a member of the British parliament for the Democratic Unionist Party. '
highlights_snippet: Blurted out 'Anyone wearing orange is not welcome here' – a reference to traditional color of largely Protestant Unionists in North .
  