#VoteWithUs Videos that mention friendship as a theme are shown here.
Deirdre Kingston is a Labour councillor representing the Blackrock Ward on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. “The sky isn’t going to fall in on May 22nd. Marriages aren’t going to be undermined, future marriages won’t be threatened. All that is going to happen is that we are going to share our freedom to marry with every citizen in the State.”
Deputy Eric Byrne has been a public representative since 1985, when he was first elected to Dublin City Council. He has represented Dublin South Central in Dáil Éireann since 2011. “Many of us have personal friends who are gay, lesbian, transgender. It’s my belief that they should have the same rights as those of us who are heterosexual.”
Eve Kerton is from Clonmel, South Tipperary. She’s currently the Welfare Officer in DCU and, as she says herself “striving for equality empowers me to do my job to the best of my ability”. For her, seeing the marriage equality referendum passed while she’ still in office will be the biggest highlight of her time in that position. “It pains me to see …
Cáit is a third level student from Cork studing in DCU. “I’m voting yes because I think my best friend deserves a wedding, and I want to be maid of honour at it.”
Aoife and Claire are both full time students at Dublin City University, and members of the University Media Production Society. “We believe everybody deserves the right to get married. We want to help make this a possibility. Share the love!”
Gerard Lovett is a publican from Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan. His idea was an inspired one – he asked as many of his straight friends as possible to feature in his video. He knows this referendum won’t pass unless yes voters ask their friends and family to join with them and vote yes too. “We’re going to need all our straight …
Simon Donohue is a 28 year old gay man and he has made this video with his friends Ciaran, Joss and Niamh to express their support, as friends who care about each other, for Simon to have the same rights they all do. Ciaran sees Simon as no different from anybody else; Joss doesn’t feel straight couples should have more rights than gay couples; …
Ciarán Maguire, a 29 year old accounting manager originally from Louth would like you to support civil marriage equality in Ireland. He recalls his experience of his brothers wedding six years ago, and how the realisation that he might never have the same thing influenced him as a young member of the LGBT society. “At the time it really struck …
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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. …