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Anthony and Barry are a couple who have been in a civil partnership for eight years. They make a strong and passionate case for a YES vote on Friday and for how monumentally significant the change would be to their family. “A yes vote will improve our lives in so many ways. It won’t impact on anyone else – if …
Michael Conlon, CEO of the South Inner City Community Development Association (SICCDA), made this excellent video in which he outlines the dramatic improvement equal marriage would make to people’s everyday lives. SICCDA has campaigned in the Liberties of Dublin for over 30 years tackling social exclusion and promoting inclusivity. “Striving for equality for all of our residents is at the …
Dave Byrne is from Bray, Co. Wicklow. In his video he shares his views on why the upcoming referendum on Equal Marriage is so important, and why he thinks it’s about our past as much as our future. He eloquently explains how a Yes vote on May 22nd will not just ensure a brighter future, it will also allow us …
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 …
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 …
Kritika Ashok, director of myartgallery.ie, and Richard Jackson, a renewable energy engineer, are a couple and are eagerly looking forward to voting Yes on May 22nd. This will be Kritika’s first vote as an Irish citizen, and one that she’s proud to cast to help realise the kind of country she wants for her children and for all of us. …
Adam believes that a Yes to the equal marriage referendum on May 22nd will ensure that Ireland extends full and equal citizenship to LGBT people like him, and that sexual identity will no longer be a bar to anyone realising their full potential in this Republic of ours. ‘We are now a country much more at ease with difference and diversity. But while social …
Breda and Gerry Kinahan are from Dromiskin in Co Louth. They will be voting yes in the equal marriage referendum, not just so that their son can have the same civil rights as the rest of their children, but because they are proud of Ireland’s great tradition of fighting for civil rights both here and abroad. “As Irish people I’ve …
Lorcan and Imran have been together twelve years. They lived abroad for many years and have recently returned to Ireland to settle down. They share their thoughts on how Ireland has changed during their lifetimes, and the inspiration that this can give to others in less tolerant parts of the world. Last year Imran became seriously ill, and as he …
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. …