#VoteWithUs Videos that mention society as a theme are shown here.
Ciaran shares his personal experience of growing up gay in an honest and forthright manner. His earnest wish is for people to bear in mind the trauma that LGBT youth have suffered in their lives and how a yes vote will go a long way to alleviating that disadvantage.
Michael Conlon, CEO of the South Inner City Community Development Association (SICCDA), made this excellent video in which he outlines the dramatic improvement equal marriage would make to people’s everyday lives. SICCDA has campaigned in the Liberties of Dublin for over 30 years tackling social exclusion and promoting inclusivity. “Striving for equality for all of our residents is at the …
Dave Bennett is a personal trainer from Greystones, Co. Wicklow. He’s voting YES on May 22nd as for him it’s easy – he thinks everyone should have the same chance at happiness. “Everybody deserves an equal shot at happiness – i.e. to get married one day, to go further on and have kids one day, to have a family. It’s …
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 …
Dave Byrne is from Bray, Co. Wicklow. In his video he shares his views on why the upcoming referendum on Equal Marriage is so important, and why he thinks it’s about our past as much as our future. He eloquently explains how a Yes vote on May 22nd will not just ensure a brighter future, it will also allow us …
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 …
Eibhlís (Liz) and her partner of 32 years, Pat Connery, are musicians and music teachers living in Greystones, Co Wicklow. They will both be voting yes on May 22nd. Eibhlís reads a short poem she wrote describing how it feels to ask for a yes vote -to ask for equality – on the doorstep, while canvassing. “For me, it’s about …
David works in Oxford as an academic, and is from Skerries in Dublin. He believes that Ireland has made huge strides in equality in the previous decade, and that we now have a chance to achieve something truly historic. In his video, he addresses some of these myths, and presents the reality that voter turn out matters hugely if we …
Jay & Aaron are two Irish guys living in Canada. They can’t vote as a result, but the have a message for everyone back home: please vote yes on their behalf. “We don’t want to settle for second best, we don’t want civil partnerships: we want marriage!”
Adam believes that a Yes to the equal marriage referendum on May 22nd will ensure that Ireland extends full and equal citizenship to LGBT people like him, and that sexual identity will no longer be a bar to anyone realising their full potential in this Republic of ours. ‘We are now a country much more at ease with difference and diversity. But while social …