Same Sex Marriage Referendum Mega Thread Part 2

iDave · 23-05-2015 3:44pm

westernfrenzy wrote: »

Meath West 60.1% Yes vote.

So f***ing happy with that, especially being a bisexual teen from that constituency.

As a straight 30 year old I'm happy my fellow Royals said yes.

ebbsy · 23-05-2015 3:47pm

Redfish2004 wrote: »

I'm glad the country voted YES, at least from now on the Gay Community won't be able to play the poor victim card anymore. They'll have to let that go, and about time aswell.

Great post.

Flippyfloppy · 23-05-2015 3:47pm

What's with the miraculous medals?

RobertKK · 23-05-2015 3:47pm

https://twitter.com/KeithM/status/602122459102519296

wakka12 · 23-05-2015 3:48pm

Redfish2004 wrote: »

I'm glad the country voted YES, at least from now on the Gay Community won't be able to play the poor victim card anymore. They'll have to let that go, and about time aswell.

Started off so well

wakka12 · 23-05-2015 3:49pm

RobertKK wrote: »

https://twitter.com/KeithM/status/602122459102519296

At least theyre being mature about it, good work.

Doctor Jimbob · 23-05-2015 3:49pm

Flippyfloppy wrote: »

What's with the miraculous medals?

Well, they show that if there's a God, he's pro yes

RobertKK · 23-05-2015 3:52pm

wakka12 wrote: »

At least theyre being mature about it, good work.

Tweeting from Vienna, maybe that is why he went away to the Eurovision.
Probably getting congratulated being Irish :P

sjb25 · 23-05-2015 3:52pm

This Facebook post kinda sums up today

joseph brand · 23-05-2015 3:54pm

Flippyfloppy wrote: »

What's with the miraculous medals?

Nobody knows how they got in there. They just appeared, magically miraculously.

Grey Wind · 23-05-2015 3:55pm

Redfish2004 wrote: »

I'm glad the country voted YES, at least from now on the Gay Community won't be able to play the poor victim card anymore. They'll have to let that go, and about time aswell.

Come back to me when people stop being bullied and assaulted for their sexuality.

RobertKK · 23-05-2015 3:56pm

Paddy Manning is angry.

https://twitter.com/PaddyJManning/status/602092788516257792
https://twitter.com/PaddyJManning/status/602093531860205568

No lost, he should just accept it and be happy the people decided, and not a court or a legislature.

Redfish2004 · 23-05-2015 3:56pm

murpho999 wrote: »

Well it's normal for victims of discrimination to stop being victims when discrimination ends.

I don't agree, I knew gay people who were always treated just fine, and never discriminated against once. BUT they always had it in their heads 'oh everyone is out to get me', mentality. I always got the feeling they strived off being the outcast and victim in society.
People won't agree with me, and that's fair enough. But that was always the impression I got anyway.

whatismyname · 23-05-2015 3:58pm

RobertKK wrote: »

Paddy Manning is angry.

https://twitter.com/PaddyJManning/status/602092788516257792
https://twitter.com/PaddyJManning/status/602093531860205568

No lost, he should just accept it and be happy the people decided, and not a court or a legislature.

Proud of the no campaign's 'inclusiveness'

Lol.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 23-05-2015 3:59pm

I'm so delighted with this. I'm bisexual, and thinking back on my previous relationships, the whole absurdity of this double standard and the gay panic going on this debate was really striking. In my relationships with women, it's been the same love, the same butterflies in my stomach, the same hopes and dreams for the future, the same pain and anger, the whole gamut of relationships, it's been the bloody same. I'm glad I no longer live in a country that insists "yeah but, it's not really the same"

My heart goes out to any young person who was struggling with their sexual identity during this debate. I was lucky enough to come from a very liberal family background and have supportive friends when I came out in my early twenties, but god almighty as a teenager it was difficult. I can't imagine how it'd feel to have to go through that at that age during these last weeks.

BUT! Today those teenagers (as well as all the other LGBT people in Ireland) have not woken up in a country that has legitimised their status as second class citizens, barred from entering a constitutionally recognised relationship that is open to their straight peers. And it's their fellow citizens who have made that happen. That's really nice. I love my boyfriend very much, but I really can't explain how great it feels to know that should I ever wish to spend my life with a woman, there's been a big step taken yesterday towards acknowledging that that relationship would not be a freak-show, or a curio, or a runner-up prize; that it'd in fact be no different from a straight relationship. Just a boring old marriage

FluffyAngel wrote: »

I just listening to Claire Byrne and I have to say that my jaw has dropped a few times

Iona are saying it was a ten year campaign on behalf of yes campaign

Somebody needs to remind the panel it's 2,000 years of prescution on behalf of group think ..

Roll on the next abortion debate/referendum, I'm sure their views on "foreign money" and the like will remain consistent through both debates :rolleyes:

whatismyname · 23-05-2015 3:59pm

Redfish2004 wrote: »

I don't agree, I knew gay people who were always treated just fine, and never discriminated against once. BUT they always had it in their heads 'oh everyone is out to get me', mentality. I always got the feeling they strived off being the outcast and victim in society.
People won't agree with me, and that's fair enough. But that was always the impression I got anyway.

Making wide generalisations based on how you have interpreted the actions of some gay people who you know personally.
Thought as much.

Libertewhite · 23-05-2015 3:59pm

Flippyfloppy wrote: »

What's with the miraculous medals?

Some people are that warped by religion. They think by putting different medals on things that they are "doing gods work". Even with the Yes winning, same people will preach "if that's the outcome, then it's gods will".

ricero · 23-05-2015 4:00pm

Hopefully all the gays still hiding in the closet will come out now due to this vote

Not a NSA agent · 23-05-2015 4:01pm

RobertKK wrote: »

Paddy Manning is angry.

https://twitter.com/PaddyJManning/status/602092788516257792
https://twitter.com/PaddyJManning/status/602093531860205568

No lost, he should just accept it and be happy the people decided, and not a court or a legislature.

Well the others appear to be taking it better. Nice to refer to it as "stupid won", whos the bullying abusive ones again?

padd b1975 · 23-05-2015 4:02pm

Genuine congratulations to the Yes side, impossible to argue with the ballot box.

Penny Tration · 23-05-2015 4:03pm

RobertKK wrote: »

Paddy Manning is angry.

No lost, he should just accept it and be happy the people decided, and not a court or a legislature.

Y'know Robert, throughout this thread, I and many others have disagreed with you and challenged your opinions.

I may not agree with your opinions, but I do respect greatly how gracious you have been in the face of your chosen vote not being the majority vote.

Fair play to you.

Marje · 23-05-2015 4:05pm

Should be doing some work around the house and some shopping but sitting by my laptop reading all the updates on the results.
It's a great outcome and I'm delighted to see people celebrating, it feels like summer has started and it's time to party.

whatismyname · 23-05-2015 4:06pm

I wish the people on RTE1 would stop making me cry.

Zen65 · 23-05-2015 4:07pm

murpho999 wrote: »

The point is that there is nothing stopping someone who does not have the required advertised experience applying for the job and then just not being selected for interview.

In a country where protest voting is a way of life, there is not enough checks and balances to prevent a charismatic muppet from being put forward for elections and the public being happy to elect him for the craic.

murpho999 wrote: »

Also would you take Bressie any more serious if he was 35?

Yes, if he had learnt about life along the way.

Lingua Franca · 23-05-2015 4:09pm

fiachr_a wrote: »

I'm going to my local Jewish bakery next week to get a cake made up with red icing and a black swastika on top. We're all equal now so it should be no problem!

Where is the Jewish bakery? Is it in the Dublin area? I know someone who's been dying to source to authentic bublitchki and lekach.

MonkeyTennis · 23-05-2015 4:12pm

David Quinn favourited me calling him a C**t on twitter. Does anyone know who to do a screen shot for android? Im not kidding

Hermy · 23-05-2015 4:13pm

Lingua Franca wrote: »

Where is the Jewish bakery? Is it in the Dublin area? I know someone who's been dying to source to authentic bublitchki and lekach.

There was one off Camden Street somewhere.

http://www.bretzel.ie/

super_furry · 23-05-2015 4:13pm

Seriously though lads. Does anyone know whatever happened to Aine Chambers?

Penny Tration · 23-05-2015 4:14pm

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

David Quinn favourited me calling him a C**t on twitter. Does anyone know who to do a screen shot for android? Im not kidding

Depends on the phone!

El Weirdo · 23-05-2015 4:14pm

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

David Quinn favourited me calling him a C**t on twitter. Does anyone know who to do a screen shot for android? Im not kidding

Depends on the phone. Some Samsungs take them by wiping the side of your hand across the screen or holding the home and on/off buttons simultaneously.

Menas · 23-05-2015 4:15pm

super_furry wrote: »

Seriously though lads. Does anyone know whatever happened to Aine Chambers?

She retired from her promotion work about 4 years ago and is now living a normal life. Sligo tourism has suffered.

Cerveja · 23-05-2015 4:17pm

Brilliant day, emotional day for a lot of people.

Jester252 · 23-05-2015 4:18pm

Wonder how long it will take the government to act on this.

Menas · 23-05-2015 4:19pm

Jester252 wrote: »

Wonder how long it will take the government to act on this.

They reckon the first marriages between same sex couples will happen around christmas.

Un Croissant · 23-05-2015 4:21pm

I'm all over the shop today. Started tearing up in Supermacs. What a ****ing tool.

MrWalsh · 23-05-2015 4:22pm

Trigger Happy wrote: »

They reckon the first marriages between same sex couples will happen around christmas.

I'm dying to attend my first one!

RobertKK · 23-05-2015 4:23pm

Jenny Thalia wrote: »

Y'know Robert, throughout this thread, I and many others have disagreed with you and challenged your opinions.

I may not agree with your opinions, but I do respect greatly how gracious you have been in the face of your chosen vote not being the majority vote.

Fair play to you.

I think it is important for people to stand up for what they believe. I am a firm believer in the ballot box and I always vote. I believe the ballot box is the final say, and there is no point being angry if the vote doesn't go as one would like.
Everyone had an equal vote, so it is better to be happy that we have democracy, rather being bitter and angry over a result.
I have never missed a vote in over 20 years, always vote to what I believe. Then I find I am at ease with myself and I can accept that others went to the polls, and voted for what they believed and they are at ease with how they voted.
So when the result comes out, it doesn't bother me if my vote is on the losing side, I am just happy everyone has a vote and free to vote how they wish, and that gives us what people want.
Thank you for your kind words, and again, congrats to Yes.

Penny Tration · 23-05-2015 4:24pm

Un Croissant wrote: »

I'm all over the shop today. Started tearing up in Supermacs. What a ****ing tool.

Ah mate, don't worry.

I worked there, I saw what the kip was like with cooking.

I'd cry too if I had to eat their muck :P

S.O · 23-05-2015 4:26pm

As I predicted if the same sex marriage referendum was passed liberals would push for very liberal abortion Law's like the UK has; #repealthe8th already trending heavily on Twitter last few hour's; some people out there are not content with taking away a child's To a mother and father when possible, now want to take away a child's right to life also.

dasdog · 23-05-2015 4:27pm

Turnout in working class area is encouraging. Ridiculous constitution drafted by a mad man and audited by a high priest in 1937. Le France is on v5.0.

Un Croissant · 23-05-2015 4:27pm

Wow 30 votes in it in Donegal.

catallus · 23-05-2015 4:27pm

Tight in Donegal!!!

Penny Tration · 23-05-2015 4:27pm

S.O wrote: »

As I predicted if the same sex marriage referendum was passed liberals would push for very liberal abortion Law's like the UK has; #repealthe8th already trending heavily on Twitter last few hour's; some people out there are not content with taking away a child's To a mother and father when possible, now want to take away a child's right to life also.

Completely separate issue.

Libertewhite · 23-05-2015 4:27pm

Donegal South West Results

Yes: 15,907 No: 15,874

Not a NSA agent · 23-05-2015 4:27pm

S.O wrote: »

As I predicted if the same sex marriage referendum was passed liberals would push for very liberal abortion Law's like the UK has; #repealthe8th already trending heavily on Twitter last few hour's; some people out there are not content with taking away a child's To a mother and father when possible, now want to take away a child's right to life also.

Ah yes, the liberals are up to no good as usual. If only scooby doo turned up in time to find that panti was just hitler in drag.

MrWalsh · 23-05-2015 4:28pm

I'll be delighted to see an end to the type of thinly veiled homophobia that has been so prolific on boards.ie and other websites for the past couple of months.

sjb25 · 23-05-2015 4:28pm

Libertewhite wrote: »

Donegal South West Results

Yes: 15,907 No: 15,874

By a whisker but it's yes

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 23-05-2015 4:28pm

RobertKK wrote: »

I think it is important for people to stand up for what they believe. I am a firm believer in the ballot box and I always vote. I believe the ballot box is the final say, and there is no point being angry if the vote doesn't go as one would like.
Everyone had an equal vote, so it is better to be happy that we have democracy, rather being bitter and angry over a result.
I have never missed a vote in over 20 years, always vote to what I believe. Then I find I am at ease with myself and I can accept that others went to the polls, and voted for what they believed and they are at ease with how they voted.
So when the result comes out, it doesn't bother me if my vote is on the losing side, I am just happy everyone has a vote and free to vote how they wish, and that gives us what people want.
Thank you for your kind words, and again, congrats to Yes.

I've had run ins with you in the past, but you know what, you're a class act.

edit: nvm

Billy86 · 23-05-2015 4:29pm

fiachr_a wrote: »

I'm going to my local Jewish bakery next week to get a cake made up with red icing and a black swastika on top. We're all equal now so it should be no problem!

Let us never forget the time all those gays murdered six million odd straight people in such horrific ways.

YurOK2 · 23-05-2015 4:29pm

BEST DAY EVER EVER EVER

Same Sex Marriage Referendum Mega Thread Part 2

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