#VoteWithUs Videos that mention family as a theme are shown here.
Jillian van Turnout (46), from Dublin, is a Senator and children’s rights activist. She wasn’t always convinced that equal marriage was the way forward. But with her vast and varied experience, she has changed her mind. She’ll be voting yes, and hopes that you will too. “Through my years of experience as a Children’s Rights activist I’ve seen that life …
Ewan Kelly (32) is from Skerries in north Co Dublin. He has celebrated the marriages of family and friends alike, and the family values that his parents instilled in him have convinced him that equal marriage is the only reasonable vote. “My parents raised me to believe that marriage is a wonderful, healthy, dutiful thing, and that’s why I want to …
Colm O’Gorman (48) is the Director of Amnesty International Ireland and hails from Co Wexford. Colm talks about how his wedding day with Paul was one of the most extraordinary days of life. He would have loved to have married in Ireland, surrounded by their friends, family, and their kids, instead of in New York. “To have our marriage respected, …
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. …
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 …
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 …
Eamon Ryan (51), from Dublin, is the leader of the Green Party. He thinks that this vote is really about giving everyone the chance to have the family that they deserve, and to have that family protected in law. “If two people are in love, and want to show that or express that in a union recognised by the state, …
Brendan Courtney (41) is from Clondalkin in Dublin. Like many people, Brendan would like to base a long term relationship on the sound footing of marriage, and in his inimitable way he tells us why. “I would like to protect our family, and to protect our assets, and to have exactly the same rights as my sister and her family.”
Fintan Warfield (22) is from Terenure in Dublin. He is a Sinn Féin Councillor on South Dublin County Council and the current Mayor of South Dublin. He talks about how so many different kinds of people around Ireland will benefit from a positive result in the referendum. For Fintan, it’s all about equality. “Imagine, for one moment, the message a ‘yes’ …