#VoteWithUs Videos that feature people from, or with strong connections to, Dublin.
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 …
Muireann Noonan, originally from Kerry, recalls some disasters of her wedding day but remembers that it was her right to make those choices for herself. She believes that we do not live in an equal society if we can’t marry someone we love, nor if other parents don’t have the same rights she has. “It is not an equal society …
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 …
Joan Collins is from Dublin and is an Independent TD for Dublin South Central. She knows that most people know someone who is gay, and believes that all of us should take action to allow our friends, family members, and neighbours have the opportunity to marry their partners. “Many of us family members, relations, friends who are in loving relationships. …
David Norris (70), from Dublin, talks a little bit about how marriage was not an option for him when he was growing up. Now, he hopes that option will be open for young gay people. ‘Good for them!’ David has been a Senator since 1987 and is widely regarded as Ireland’s foremost LGBT campaigner, having successfully challenged the Irish State’s laws …
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 …
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 …
Roderic O’Gorman (33) is a Green Party Councillor for Castleknock and Mulhuddart. As he says, our constitution and the rights contained within it belongs to us as citizens. But those of us who are gay and are citizens are excluded from the protections Article 41 gives to families. He’ll be voting yes because he wants all families to be equally …