#VoteWithUs Videos that mention children as a theme are shown here.
Joseph Gallagher, 19, is from Donegal. In his video he talks openly about his gay mother and his hopes for her happiness. “The main reason I’m voting yes is because of my Mum. She came out to me when I was 12. Like any 12 year old, I found it hard to understand. I came to accept it, I learned …
Anne Rigney, a mother from Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon, talks about why she is voting Yes in the upcoming referendum. She wants her son, Daragh, and his partner, Lior, to have the same rights as her daughter, Cara. She has written a short piece asking other parents to imagine being in a situation like hers and the result is a reflective …
Joan Burton is the Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister), Minister for Social Protection, and first female Leader of the Labour Party. Joan continues to represent the Dublin West Constituency, having been first elected in 1991 as a Dublin County Councillor for the Mulhuddart Local Electoral Area. In her video, Joan recounts a moving encounter she had with a mother who wants …
Catherine and Cecil Ward are from Wicklow Town. They have 3 children; Vanessa, Claire & John. They are asking you to #VoteWithUs on May 22nd in the Marriage Referendum so that John and his civil partner Eddie can be equal in the eyes of the law with Vanessa and her husband Eddie. “Please vote Yes on May 22nd so that …
Patricia Butler is a mother from Kildare who made this video on Mother’s Day. In her video, she expresses her hopes for her son, who is gay, and other gay and lesbian people. “My son is gay and I’m very proud of him. I hope that he can find happiness and marry like everyone else. I’m sure that’s what God …
Niamh Cullen is a young woman from Kildare, now living in Sligo. For Niamh, this vote is personal – she would like to the choice to be able to have a protected family if, one day, she has children with her partner. She also sees the vote as having a much wider significance – in signalling to so many people …
Richard lives with his girlfriend, who is expecting their second child. He tells us that he’s been “gunning for equality for years” and has been at Pride and the March for Marriage almost every year for the last 6, because “it sucks that my friends don’t have the same privileges as I do for such an arbitrary reason as who …
Brighid and Paddy are devout Catholics, living in Louth, and are fifty years married this year. They want other couples, gay or straight, to be able to legally avail of civil marriage and experience the protections and companionship that they have experienced. They wish that all of their grandchildren be protected and treated as equals in the eyes of the …
Conor Pendergrast, who is the son of Ann and Bernadette, would like you to support civil marriage equality for lesbian and gay people in Ireland. He wants his Mums to be able to have the option of getting married, and thinks that this would make Ireland a more fair and equal society. “I would be delighted and very excited to …
Joe Geraghty is from Mullingar. He is a teacher. He believes that we should continue to be as proud of our Junior Infants as we are on their first days of school, right through to adulthood. They should all be valued equally in Irish society, no matter who they grow up to be. “I would like [our schoolchildren] to live …