#VoteWithUs Videos that mention family as a theme are shown here.
Will Keane is from Roscommon and talks about the experience of growing up in small-town Ireland, from where he moved to Dublin as a young man. He’s recently moved back to Roscommon and his video frankly and insightfully deals with the realities of life for gay people in rural Ireland – lives that we can all work together to make …
Aoife McCullough is from Co Meath and in her video talks about the debates which this referendum has prompted within her family. Aoife has a gay sister and describes how their mother had a strongly traditional view of marriage as being between a man and a woman. Like many families across Ireland, the referendum has prompted Aoife and her family …
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 …
Eimear is 24 and from Meath. As a straight women, in her video she challenges the idea that she won’t personally benefit from a yes vote. She also makes a direct plea to voters – in the spirit of the #VoteWithUs campaign – asking them to choose just one person before Friday to talk to about why they are voting yes. “The …
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 …
John and Davy Quinlivan are brothers who are both gay. They wanted to make a video to share with everyone the reasons why they are voting yes in the marriage equality referendum. John is in a Civil Partnership with his partner after spending over 10 years together. Davy hopes one day to be able to marry the man he loves – equality is all …
In the closing days of the referendum campaign, Brighid and Paddy from Louth have made a second video appealing to the hundreds of thousands of viewers of their original contribution to make sure to get out and vote on May 22nd. The Catholic couple, who are married 50 years, want everyone to make a special effort to turn out on …
In July 2009, Brian & Lolo got married in Lolo’s home city of Cáceres, Spain, in front of their family, friends and the State. They wanted to share their story and ask others to share the right to marry in Ireland to them and to other loving couples. “We want to be recognised, and our relationship valued for how important …
Shane Hegarty is a journalist and author from Skerries. While he will not be directly affected by the outcome of the equal marriage referendum, he knows that thousands across Ireland will be, and he’s voting yes for them. ‘I have four young children and when I was growing up, Ireland was an at times cruel place and an openly discriminatory …
Susie Faulkner is a 32 year old primary school teacher from Carlow. Her four sisters and she decided to make this video to tell their main reasons for voting yes. They’ve never seen any differences between the five of them but the fact remains that Susie cannot get married like her other sisters. “I’m voting yes because I’ve never felt any different to my …