#VoteWithUs Videos that mention respect as a theme are shown here.
Neil Patrick Collins is from Castlerea, and a member of the senior Roscommon GAA football team. For Neil, this referendum is about creating a positive environment for everyone to grow up in. “I know people who have left Ireland because they didn’t feel comfortable to be themselves, to be gay, in Irish society. That is something, fortunately, that we can …
Micheál Colreacy is a TD for Sligo/North Leitrim and is Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. He shared his thoughts on the referendums in this short video. “Its about equality. I don’t see how a person can be a republican without equality. …I don’t think I,. or society, or government has the right to put any limits …
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 …
Ruairí Quinn, T.D., was appointed Minister for Education and Skills in March 2011 and served until July 2014. He has been a public representative since 1974 and a T.D. representing the people of Dublin Bay South (Dublin South-East) since 1977. “Civil partnerships and all the other things are second-best, and second-best produces second class citizens. That’s why I will be …
Fiona is 25 and lives in London. She will be travelling home to vote for marriage equality in May. It’s a very personal issue for Fiona and her family but it’s also an issue that affects Irish society as a whole. She doesn’t believe “same but different” legislation is good enough for our LGBT brothers, sisters, children or friends. Equality means …
Gary is 30, works in film distribution, and has lived in Dublin, Galway and Vancouver. He believes that the decisions we make in votes like this have a powerful effect on how people feel about themselves and the world they live in. “There are thousands of young gay people around Ireland…who have a lot of negative voices in their lives, …
Jamie Kenny is young gay man from Clondalkin, Dublin. He is currently a third level student at NUI Maynooth. “I am voting yes because I wish to feel that I am just as valued in society as my heterosexual peers, and that my relationships are just as valid as anyone else’s. I want to live in a better Ireland, one …
Ciarán is a PhD student in University College Dublin and is originally from Beara in West Cork. He’s heard arguments about marriage being redefined, but in his video he reflects that it’s actually the wonderful and mundane facets of lifelong companionship that will be redefined for so many people. “If the marriage referendum is passed, yes – some things will …
Anne Rigney, a mother from Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon, talks about why she is voting Yes in the upcoming referendum. She wants her son, Daragh, and his partner, Lior, to have the same rights as her daughter, Cara. She has written a short piece asking other parents to imagine being in a situation like hers and the result is a reflective …
William Edgill divides his time between Offaly and Russell Square in London. William says the vote on same sex marriage simply boils down to fairness. Although he can’t vote himself, he is hoping people at home will make it to the polls on May 22nd to vote yes. “I believe in fairness. At present it’s anything but fair. I’m very …