#VoteWithUs Videos that mention discrimination as a theme are shown here.
Margaret Mc Auliffe, from Malahide, Co Dublin, remembers being the victim of a particular kind of bullying. She didn’t understand bullying as a child, and she doesn’t understand discrimination as an adult. She recognises that if you’re gay…the prejudice against you is legally binding and wants to take action to change this. “We all have things that set us apart …
Is sainchomharlaí digiteach de bhunús Mhuineacháin é Conchubhair Mac Lochlainn, agus creideann sé go láidir gur chór d’Éireann na deiseanna chéanna a thábhairt dá muintir uile, mar aon leis an saoirse rath a cruthú dóibh féin cibé slí bheatha ina bhfuil siad. Is mar chuid de sin a chinntiú atá an reifreann seo. Conchubhair Mac Lochlainn, a Digital Consultant originally …
Jim Franey (65), from Dublin, asks you to vote yes in the coming referendum because he doesn’t believe anyone’s children should be discriminated against, just because they are gay. “I want my son to be treated as an equal. I don’t believe any of our children should be treated as second class citizens in the eyes of the law, just …
John Lyons is a Labour Party TD from Dublin North West. John sees that Ireland is unequal today, and that gay and lesbian people are discriminated against. For him, this referendum is simply about equality. “This is about asking the citizens of Ireland – do you believe in equality? Do you believe that gay people’s relationships are as equal as everybody …
Anne Marie McNally (35) lives in Lucan, Co Dublin. She understands that some people have reservations about voting to equalise marriage – but her message is a reminder that marriage has evolved against injustice many times in the past. “You may be thinking that this is a pretty big change for the institution of marriage – but don’t forget civil marriage …
Erin O’Connell (29) and Fionnan Gannon (32), are both from Dublin. Recently, Fionnan proposed to Erin and they will be married around the same time as the referendum. They can’t imagine the pain that being prevented from marrying must cause, and they hope to be able to change that. “I can’t imagine what it would be like if someone were …
Jodie Neary (30) from Wicklow, and Enda O’Neill (34) from Tipperary, are a couple with newborns! They filmed this video while Jodie was still pregnant but long before their babies were born, they knew they wanted them to grow up in an Ireland of equals. They, as parents, are hoping to raise their children in a society free from discrimination …
Brian Stapleton (31), from Loughrea in Co. Galway looks back on his school years and thinks about how homophobic bullying must have affected some of his peers. He knows homophobic bullying is still a daily misery for some. He believes the future must be better and he sees that equal marriage is part of that better future. “Right now in …
Averil Power is a Fianna Fáil Senator based in Dublin North East. She talks about what marriage means to her, and why she is upset that people close to her cannot celebrate their relationships, or be protected by the state, in the same way as she can. “It really upsets me that I have gay and lesbian friends who have …
Stephen Donnelly is an Independent TD for Wicklow and East Carlow. He talks about his friends who had to leave Ireland in the past because of intolerance – his view is that it’s imperative in a modern society that all men and women are treated equally. To him, this is a very small thing we can do but it will …