Same Sex Marriage Referendum Mega Thread - MOD WARNING IN FIRST POST

jobbridge4life wrote: »

That makes no sense. Are you saying your post that I quoted was sarcastic?

No I'm saying it's not the insult to every gay you portrayed it as. If you had read the rest of the posts you would have seen that I wasn't in favour of how this is going down. I don't think there should be a vote and I don't believe a win is a win as they'll be a lot of peeved off people if 40% of the county goes against them.

Anita Blow wrote: »

Gay people know full well that a portion of the country doesn't approve of them

Who are you referring to? Iona, Catholics?

I must say i feel sorry for those no voters who are unable to express themselves. Hopefully one day the rest of society will accept them for who they are, and they wont have to hide their opinions away in some sort of box, or closet or something.

Having said that, i just don't think society is ready to accept no voters, and we should take things slowly for now.

sporina wrote: »

this is what I want to know? I read that there are differences in civil partnership and marriage in terms of social supports for the couple - but what social supports? this is what i want clarification on.

OK sorry that took so long. It IS actually really hard to find a clear, concise list of all the differences that doesn't melt your head trying to read. I have been trying to find something neutral but this one from marriagequality.ie is probably the most comprehensive I could find. The link that lists the differences is not easy to make head not tail of on my phone, but might show up better on a laptop or pc. There is a brief overview of some of the more important differences on the main page.

http://www.marriagequality.ie/getinformed/marriage/faqs.html


This is a reasonably breif article in from the Irish Times which gives an overview of some of the main diffences but doesn't go into detail.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/differences-betwen-unions-run-deep-1.2205758


I found this on the website of a legal firm which is basically an overview of some of the differences and it also provides some brief explanations of potential consequences:

http://www.odonovanandco.ie/solicitors-cork/our-blog/item/Civil-Marriage-vs-Civil-Partnership/2


This is from the Law Society of Ireland. Provides very breif explanation of some main differences:

https://www.lawsociety.ie/News/Media/Press-Releases/The-Law-Society-of-Ireland-calls-for-equality-supports-the-Marriage-Referendum/

Hope this helps.

osarusan wrote: »

Either your sarcasm meter is broken, or mine is.

Maybe mine is. I'm just so drained from all of this talk about whether I should have the same rights as every straight person does.

thegreatescape wrote: »

Maybe mine is. I'm just so drained from all of this talk about whether I should have the same rights as every straight person does.

Thats fair this is all getting pretty horrible

StewartGriffin wrote: »

I would find it very difficult to reconcile the two. A Christian, yes; but a Catholic, as in a member of the Roman Catholic Church?

Why would you stay loyal to a regime that regards you with such disdain?

Sure everyones a sinner ain't they?

Dimithy wrote: »

I must say i feel sorry for those no voters who are unable to express themselves. Hopefully one day the rest of society will accept them for who they are, and they wont have to hide their opinions away in some sort of box, or closet or something.

Having said that, i just don't think society is ready to accept no voters, and we should take things slowly for now.

Inequality should never be acceptable, full stop.

Edit, read more posts.
I always miss sarcasm, when there's no emoticon used to point it out. Needed a tongue face, or a rolls eyes or pac
XD

looking_around wrote: »

Inequality should never be acceptable, full stop.

Maybe it's because me and Dimithy are sarcastic kindred spirits (:P) but I thought it was clear that post was dripping with sarcasm

Kiwi in IE wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/why-i-was-so-disappointed-by-mary-mcaleese-s-comments-on-gay-priests-1.1651212

I found this bizarre opinion piece from Breeder O'Brein where she equates the 'sin' of 'homosexual acts' with the 'sin' of lying. Interestingly though, Iona have no problem at all with lying, but 'homosexual acts', which she says are an equivelant level of 'sin', seem to cause a massive problem for them.

Maybe it's her way of telling us something :pac:





Im kidding, I'm kidding. Don't hold it against the yes side

GCU Flexible Demeanour wrote: »

The clearest explanation I've found is this one:

http://fergryan.blogspot.ie/2015/04/civil-partnership-v-marriage-some.html

thanks for that.. and yes it does explain the differences better - best i have read

people need to stop speculating what could be the consequences etc and stick to what the actual implications of a yes/no vote means.. end of..

same with every referendum in this country - the black and white is never made obvious - so people get frustrated and either don't understand the referendum and as a result vote misinformed or don't bother voting at all…

and enough of this rubbish from certain people… stick to the facts

thanks

and I shall be voting yes because we should have equal rights regardless of gender preference

The purpose of sex in humans is beyond procreation in the traditional sense - we are more diverse that this…
But since we are on the subject - and it has nothing to do with the referendum, but why should single/same gender couples not have the same rights when it comes to kids as regular married couples? think of all the dysfunctional families some kids are a part of??? drugs, alcohol, abuse, incest etc - are same sex couple/single parent kids worse off than them?
huh

floggg wrote: »

This really isn't a political campaign. Its about civil rights.

Yes for jobs

Bannasidhe wrote: »

and the hospitality industry, suit hire, D.J and bands, wedding dress industry, florists, printers, cake makers thank you.

Why? Are civil partnership ceremonies uncelebrated?