Same sex marriage - how will it impact you?

UCDVet wrote: »

That's exactly what you (or people like you) would have said about 'same-sex' marriage in 80s.

You don't know me, you don't know my mindset, don't presume to put words in my mouth...how ignorant & arrogant of you.

Incestuous relationships are taboo due to the birth defects that can occur from mixing gene pools that have similar/close genetic familial markers...that would be my concern, along with the stigma attached to the offspring of such couplings.

I'm still in the everyone getting married phase.

You're all getting toasters! I don't care what's on the wedding list or whether both parties are different or the same gender, you can look forward to a nice toaster!

It does matter to me as I strongly believe that there should be same sex marraige. Not having it is just unjust these days.
It is going to come in eventually is most western countries so lets just do it now, be progressive in a small attempt to right the wrong of taking so long to decriminalise homosexuality in this country.

Think about it from the point of view of what it says about Ireland too.

If we become the first country that I'm aware of to grant constitutional rights to gay people and we do that by a majority vote in a referendum it really does say that we're an open minded, forward thinking place that puts human rights on the agenda in a serious way and that it has the backing of the majority of the people.

Also think about the economic benefits. We are trying to attract some of the world's most creative and innovative IT companies and both retain our own talent and attract in overseas talent to do amazing things here in Ireland.
You tend to scare a lot of talented people away by being a conservative backwater and attract them by being and open, liberal place.

See: NYC or California modern day Britain or The Netherlands etc vs Alabama for example...

Our bad old days of deep conservatism sent many of our most talented people abroad. Not everything about Irish emigration was economic. A lot of it was driven by stifling social conservativism driven by a top down right wing church and state combination. That drove a lot of our most innovative people out.

If you were nonconservative, not conforming ... You probably headed to somewhere more interesting. As part of that era you can be 100% certain we lost a lot of very bright people just because they were gay/lesbian.

Hopefully we will never repeat that mess!

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Even though I'd try to avoid it, it'd still be hard to avoid ... going on about liberal agenda and gay agenda (because they don't have any other vocabulary re same) which would be annoying.

But other than that, no effect on me.

One thing to bear in mind is that the broadcasting legislation here requires a 50:50 balanced debate regardless of what political or public opinion polling is.

It's going to be very difficult for producers of radio and television programming to get non extreme guests on the no side and it probably gives them a huge platform as you won't find political parties or mainstream opposition to it.

Opinion polling shows a strong majority in favour right now.

Winning will just be about mobilising the vote. It has popular support. If the turnout is tiny it could end up as a no vote though.

So please encourage everyone you know to register to vote.

People really need to start taking referenda and local elections and senate votes more seriously. The tiny turnout means you amplify well organised minority views or end up with a bunch of councillors who nobody knows who then vote through wonderful planning changes...

It won't impact me at all. It's a basic issue of civil rights though which would make a big difference to the lives of a significant number of people so I'm completely in favour of it.

It won't affect me? Why would it affect me? Everyone has the right (or should have) to marry who they want, when they want.

Links234 wrote: »

Maybe?

maybe means yes
:P