Irish referendum......
Mar. 16th, 2015 05:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osodecanelaThere's a part of me that's horrified at the thought of anyone's civil rights being put to a popular vote. That's exactly what's happening in the Republic of Ireland this May - Marriage equality is being put to a national vote.
Ads I've been seeing on the net have left me on the edge of tears. One features an elderly married some 50 years urging everyone to do the right thing and vote for marriage equality. "What will you tell a grandchild, or great-grandchild who comes out," they ask? "Will you be on the right side of history?" There have been a fair number of others, many of straight married couples surrounded by their children all of them pledging to do the right thing and vote YES.
Ads I've been seeing on the net have left me on the edge of tears. One features an elderly married some 50 years urging everyone to do the right thing and vote for marriage equality. "What will you tell a grandchild, or great-grandchild who comes out," they ask? "Will you be on the right side of history?" There have been a fair number of others, many of straight married couples surrounded by their children all of them pledging to do the right thing and vote YES.
