#VoteWithUs Videos that mention youth or young people as a theme are shown here.
Joe O’Connor, from Kilmore in Co. Roscommon, is an Organiser with IMPACT Trade Union and took part in their video day. “Passing this referendum isn’t, as some people would make it out to be, some kind of a leap into the dark. It would be a majestic jump towards fairness, equality ad equal rights for young people and LGBTQ citizens …
Darragh is the current treasurer for DCU LGBTA. He believes that people deserve to accepted regardless of their sexual orientation, and hopes that this referendum will improve the lives of young LGBT people in the years to come. “What you may not realise is that you have a lot of power in your hands. By voting for marriage equality, you’ll …
Dahnan Spurling, from Wicklow and now living in Dublin, is a student in Trinity College. As someone who had a difficult time coming out in school, Dahnan hopes that someday LGBT people will be seen as a normal party of society and that coming out will no longer have to be such a burden for LGBT youth. “It’s difficult not …
Ciara Conway is the Labour TD for Waterford and is the Vice Chairperson of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health, Children and Youth Affairs and a member of the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform. She is the first ever female T.D. to represent Waterford for the Labour Party. “As a mother, as a big sister, as a …
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.”
Caoimhe Harris is a university student from Dublin presently studying at DCU. “Everyone has the right to choose who they want to love unconditionally for the rest of their lives.”
Brian is a lecturer in philosophy and politics from Clonmel in Co. Tipperary. He believes that a vote for equal marriage is a vote for a fairer and more inclusive society. “This referendum is an opportunity for us, as a society, to send out a message to young people; to tell that no matter who they love, whatever their gender, …
Richard lives with his girlfriend, who is expecting their second child. He tells us that he’s been “gunning for equality for years” and has been at Pride and the March for Marriage almost every year for the last 6, because “it sucks that my friends don’t have the same privileges as I do for such an arbitrary reason as who …
Sorcha Szczerbiak is originally from the United States, but she moved to Dundalk, Ireland in 2013 to volunteer with her church. Sorcha is a straight ally who believes marriage equality will make Ireland a better, more just place for all its residents. It will send a strong message around the world that Ireland recognises its LGBT citizens, not as people …
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; …