#VoteWithUs Videos that mention children as a theme are shown here.
Will Keane is from Roscommon and talks about the experience of growing up in small-town Ireland, from where he moved to Dublin as a young man. He’s recently moved back to Roscommon and his video frankly and insightfully deals with the realities of life for gay people in rural Ireland – lives that we can all work together to make …
Eimear is 24 and from Meath. As a straight women, in her video she challenges the idea that she won’t personally benefit from a yes vote. She also makes a direct plea to voters – in the spirit of the #VoteWithUs campaign – asking them to choose just one person before Friday to talk to about why they are voting yes. “The …
Tina Moriarty, from Castlegregory in Co Kerry, has four children, one of whom is lesbian. Tina knows she has a personal stake in ensuring her daughter has equal rights in our country, and she is worried about people becoming complacent about securing a Yes vote. In her beautifully expressed and heartfelt video, she is asking people to make the right decision for …
Ciarán is voting yes to marriage equality, because he grew up in an Ireland where marriage was only something that happened between a man and a woman. This led him to believe my whole life that marriage was not for him. He tells us that he’s since come to realise that the definition of marriage can be changed with this …
In the closing days of the referendum campaign, Brighid and Paddy from Louth have made a second video appealing to the hundreds of thousands of viewers of their original contribution to make sure to get out and vote on May 22nd. The Catholic couple, who are married 50 years, want everyone to make a special effort to turn out on …
Leo Varadkar is the Minister for Health and has been a TD since 2007. For him, a yes vote is a choice toward liberty, toward equality for all. He rightly points out the harsh discriminations that existed in Ireland in the past which we find unacceptable today; and the truth about how marriage as an institution has evolved. He also tackles …
Shane Hegarty is a journalist and author from Skerries. While he will not be directly affected by the outcome of the equal marriage referendum, he knows that thousands across Ireland will be, and he’s voting yes for them. ‘I have four young children and when I was growing up, Ireland was an at times cruel place and an openly discriminatory …
Eimhin is a 27 year old historian living and working in Dublin. He’s been on the receiving end of homophobia and dreams of an Ireland where no child grows up fearful of expressing their true identity. “We can do nothing about the past, but we can create a future where all children have an opportunity o be happy in themselves. …
I dlíodóir í, Emer, as Sórd i gContae Átha Cliath, agus tá sí ina ball den ghrúpa Tá Comhionannas – pobal na Gaeilge do YesEquality. Emer is a solicitor from Swords in Co. Dublin, and a member of the group Tá Comhionannas. “Is i Éire an chéad tír ar domhan chun ceist faoi chomhionannas pósta a chur roimh an bpobal i Reifreann bunreachtuil. …
Actor Aidan Gillen joins the #VoteWithUs campaign and gives his reasons for supporting equal marriage in the referendum on May 22nd. Aidan speaks about the enormous benefit to young people in Ireland of a strong yes vote and reminds us that the major child protection organisations and children’s charities have come out in favour of yes too. “Another thing to …