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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 …
Oliver Clare, from Louth, says that the referendum boils down to fairness. Members of the LGBT community are having families, and ought to be fully protected as citizens of Ireland. “I would find it impossible to go to the polling booth, look my friends in the eye and say that ‘I voted against you having the same rights and opportunities …
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 …
Pádraig MacLochlainn is a Sinn Féin TD from Donegal North West. He relates the story of how he and his wife travelled to the wedding of dear gay friends in Spain. He was taken by the genuine and strong love on display, and saddened at how this love is not protected in Ireland. That’s why he’s voting yes. “Our loved …
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 …
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 …
Tá Micheál Cholm Mac Giolla Easpuig in a chomhairleoir Chontae, i dTír Chonaill. Tá sé pósta , tá sé i ngrá, agus síleann sé go bhfuil an ceart céanna atá aige tuillte ag gach duine ar bith eile. Micheál Cholm Mac Giolla Easpuig is a country councillor from Donegal. He is married, and in love, and he feels that the …
Mick Wallace as an Independent TD from Wexford. It’s a no-brainer for him: any loving couple who wants access to the institution of marriage should be allowed to do so. “I believe that marriage is a wonderful institution, if you want to live in an institution. I do believe that anyone who wants to choose it should be free to …
Clare Daly is an Independent TD for Dublin North. Clare thinks that this referendum is a positive opportunity for parents and for Ireland. “It’s a little bit mad that we have one group in society who can marry and another who can’t just because of their sexual orientation. Surely all it should be about is if you love somebody. Strange and …