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Dahnan Spurling, from Wicklow and now living in Dublin, is a student in Trinity College. As someone who had a difficult time coming out in school, Dahnan hopes that someday LGBT people will be seen as a normal party of society and that coming out will no longer have to be such a burden for LGBT youth. “It’s difficult not …
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 …
Francis Timmons is an Independent Councillor for Clondalkin on South Dublin County Council. For Francis, 2015 is the year to be proud and live with pride; and the year to fight for equality and against homophobia. “I don’t feel the need to thank people for giving the LGBT community human rights – they’ve earned their rights as human brings, and …
Michael McCarthy is a Labour TD representing Cork South-West in the Dáil, and is chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht. He was a Labour representative to the Constitutional Convention in July 2012. “Until Ireland has equal marriage, we’re going to have an unequal society. That’s why I hope you’ll vote with me for …
Eve Kerton is from Clonmel, South Tipperary. She’s currently the Welfare Officer in DCU and, as she says herself “striving for equality empowers me to do my job to the best of my ability”. For her, seeing the marriage equality referendum passed while she’ still in office will be the biggest highlight of her time in that position. “It pains me to see …
Benji Foley is a 19 year old queer transgender student in DCU. Benji is asking people to vote yes to give people like him the freedom to love and live out their lives as they truly are without being forced to choose between love and identity. He is asking people to vote yes so that he can live his life …
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 …
Eoin Wilson co-created the Vote With Us campaign as he sees equal marriage as something that can have a huge positive impact, not only for gay couples, but for society as a whole. “You’re voting for more than just a civil rights issue. You’re voting for gay people to become full, equal members of your communities. For them to think, …
Paul Murphy is an Anti-Austerity Alliance TD for Dublin South West and a member of the Socialist Party. He’s certain that voters won’t be tempted into voting against this referendum if they don’t like the current Government – people are more intelligent and more compassionate than that. “I think people know that the best way to strike a blow against …
Michael Barron is the Director of BeLonG To, an organisation to support LGBT young people in Ireland, which he co-founded in 2003. In his video, Michael speaks about the positive effect that a strong yes vote could have on the lives of countless young Irish people and appeals for you to vote with him to support equal marriage. ‘This referendum …