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

Ave Sodalis · 22-05-2015 11:06PM

JamboMac wrote: »

If it was as clearly black and white to me I would have easily voted yes but I could so many grey areas that I couldn't vote so didn't.

If you think it was just clearly black and white fine. But for every action their is an equal or opposite reaction.

Nothing is ever truly black and white.

But we're asking what these grey areas are that convinced you to not vote?

mrsoundie · 22-05-2015 11:06PM

I am genuinely excited about the results tomorrow. We can only dream, but tomorrow, our dreams come true. Equality for all (Yes we are all individuals).

What next?

YurOK2 · 22-05-2015 11:07PM

I can't get my head around people saying "I was going to vote this way but then the other side were too vocal and annoyed me so I changed my mind". It sounds spiteful.

hotmail.com · 22-05-2015 11:07PM

On twitter, it's saying Donegal may have voted Yes.

mrsoundie · 22-05-2015 11:07PM

BoJack Horseman wrote: »

That is a hope too great.

LOL, nearly choked.

K4t · 22-05-2015 11:08PM

FluffyAngel wrote: »

i was really surprised to see relgious statues in the polling station ..

im not a man for a consirpacy theory,but i swear i felt it was put there just to remind people ..

no way should it have being allowed

Atheist Ireland were complaining about Bibles in the polling stations too. To be honest, even as an anti-theist, it's trivial stuff. A book is a book, it may as well be the hobbit. And a statue is simply a statue. There is no need to allow them to affect your thinking, or even assign any meaning at all to them. Leave that to Iona et al.

FluffyAngel · 22-05-2015 11:08PM

January wrote: »

So apparently the government were campaigning for a yes vote because they are to use the electoral register to register everyone with Irish Water.

Gotta love conspiracy theories.

i was making a sandwhich and staring at the cupboard door when i had a great thought ..nobody has mentioned irish water in months(feels like)

i gave it till sunday morning before it would spring a leak and flood my laptop with rants and raves again

you have broken that dream ..

the dam has broken

Frank Bullitt · 22-05-2015 11:09PM

“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

A lesson to the No side in this.

Cold War Kid · 22-05-2015 11:09PM

YurOK2 wrote: »

I can't get my head around people saying "I was going to vote this way but then the other side were too vocal and annoyed me so I changed my mind". It sounds spiteful.

Staggeringly so - and I've only ever seen it in reference to voting yes and then changing to no because of some yes voters. But I don't think they really think that way - it's too stupid for anyone. Just a cover-up for always voting no. The irony is that the latter is more worthy of respect seeing as it's just honest.

RayM · 22-05-2015 11:09PM

hotmail.com wrote: »

On twitter, it's saying Donegal may have voted Yes.

Shit, that means everywhere else will have voted No...

hotmail.com · 22-05-2015 11:09PM

YurOK2 wrote: »

I can't get my head around people saying "I was going to vote this way but then the other side were too vocal and annoyed me so I changed my mind". It sounds spiteful.

Just a nonsense mask for wanting to vote No all along. We've known this for weeks and are now able to say it.

These people complaining about the Yes side campaigners were always going to vote No. They just hadn't the guts to say why.

LordSutch · 22-05-2015 11:09PM

mrsoundie wrote: »

I am genuinely excited about the results tomorrow. We can only dream, but tomorrow, our dreams come true. Equality for all (Yes we are all individuals).

What next?

Brothers being allowed to marry their sisters?

sunshine and showers · 22-05-2015 11:10PM

I'm just going to say it: if you voted no, your reason was homophobic. Not one single no argument wasn't rooted in homophobia. No exceptions.

And if you voted no because the yes side "bullied" you by canvassing more than the no side or "annoyed" you by talking about the referendum too much, you're a spanner. Seriously.

God it feels good to get that out.

Ave Sodalis · 22-05-2015 11:10PM

Now that there seem to be a few people saying the same thing, maybe the question I've been asking for the last few months but never got a reply to will be answered: what is it about the Yes vote and their behaviour that makes them so much worse than the No vote? Is it simply a case of choosing what to see? Because from what I've seen, the No side have been a lot, lot worse and more vicious, and their entire campaign was based on lies. Thus far, anyone who has attempted to explain it have been either a) taking it from other sources and not actually witnessing any behaviour themselves, b) taking everything out of context and crying victim with their newly made up reason, c) just had their argument torn apart and don't want to admit they're wrong, d) taking only half these threads and not seeing what lead up to it in the first place...

RayM · 22-05-2015 11:11PM

mrsoundie wrote: »

What next?

Repeal of the Eighth Amendment, hopefully. The final nail in the coffin of the religious right.

gormdubhgorm · 22-05-2015 11:11PM

FluffyAngel wrote: »

i was really surprised to see relgious statues in the polling station ..

im not a man for a consirpacy theory,but i swear i felt it was put there just to remind people ..

no way should it have being allowed

Agreed but some of the stuff on Radio was blatantly biased for the yes. Like Ray Darcy saying today that it was the best mood, and the happiest referendum atmosphere ever! Moncrieff on Newstalk smugly saying today we can't talk about the thing "yes yes yes". Not to mention Newstalk doing a segement about a poor woman who's son killed himself cos he was gay.

Bad form from all sides (yes and no) this ref put people like me right off.

BoJack Horseman · 22-05-2015 11:11PM

YurOK2 wrote: »

I can't get my head around people saying "I was going to vote this way but then the other side were too vocal and annoyed me so I changed my mind". It sounds spiteful.

Indeed, its moronic.

" I was going to vote yes, but this canvasser had some ridiculous dress sense, so I voted no".

Ave Sodalis · 22-05-2015 11:11PM

LordSutch wrote: »

Brothers being allowed to marry their sisters?

No. Just, no.

dark crystal · 22-05-2015 11:12PM

YurOK2 wrote: »

I can't get my head around people saying "I was going to vote this way but then the other side were too vocal and annoyed me so I changed my mind". It sounds spiteful.

More childish than spiteful I'd say.

I reckon it's probably for the best that people with a mindset like that don't vote.

Respect to everyone who got off their holes and did exercise their vote, on whichever side. Democracy is a great privilege we should never take for granted.

hotmail.com · 22-05-2015 11:12PM

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Agreed but some of the stuff on Radio was blatantly biased for the yes. Like Ray Darcy saying today that it was the best mood, and the happiest referendum atmosphere ever! Moncrieff on Newstalk smugly saying today we can't talk about the thing "yes yes yes". Not to mention Newstalk doing a segement about a poor woman who's son killed himself cos he was gay.

Bad form from all sides (yes and no) this ref put people like me right off.

The atmosphere was great though!

Anita Blow · 22-05-2015 11:12PM

LordSutch wrote: »

Brothers being allowed to marry their sisters?

Do we jump straight to incest? I thought it was animals first.
Or was it inanimate objects? I'm losing track of all the unintended consequences/apocalyptic scenarios

CiDeRmAn · 22-05-2015 11:12PM

StewartGriffin wrote: »

What utter rubbish. Where did you find that rule?

You express your will as a citizen with your vote.
If you can't be bothered exercising that will on an issue why should anyone give a toss about your opinion after that.
If it means so much to people that they feel the need to share their opinion and debate the topic does it not demonstrate this passion to see that they've managed the feat so many of the rest of us have achieved and made the trip to the polling station and voted?

silverfeather · 22-05-2015 11:13PM

Now that the polls have closed, let's change the nature of the thread. It's all Post Facto now. What have we learned?

FluffyAngel · 22-05-2015 11:13PM

K4t wrote: »

Atheist Ireland were complaining about Bibles in the polling stations too. To be honest, even as an anti-theist, it's trivial stuff. A book is a book, it may as well be the hobbit. And a statue is simply a statue. There is no need to allow them to affect your thinking, or even assign any meaning at all to them. Leave that to Iona et al.

i agree ...but people should be in a room free of any distractions and shouldnt have one orgs icon ..why not have them all

also leaves the managment of the school open to accuastions of bias or undue infulence over the local population

CiDeRmAn · 22-05-2015 11:13PM

Anita Blow wrote: »

Do we jump straight to incest? I thought it was animals first.
Or was it inanimate objects? I'm losing track of all the unintended consequences/apocalyptic scenarios

Dogs and Cats, living together... Mass Hysteria!

PowerToWait · 22-05-2015 11:13PM

mrsoundie wrote: »

I am genuinely excited about the results tomorrow. We can only dream, but tomorrow, our dreams come true. Equality for all (Yes we are all individuals).

What next?

Something crazy. Like REAL equality. For EVERYONE. And medical cards for kids with cancer. Ending Direct Provision. Oh, and home for homeless people. That kind of shìt would be cool.

Cold War Kid · 22-05-2015 11:14PM

sunshine and showers wrote: »

I'm just going to say it: if you voted no, your reason was homophobic. Not one single no argument wasn't rooted in homophobia. No exceptions.

I disagree. I think there were people, particularly older generations, who voted no because of a staunch belief in what marriage is and should always be. This feeds homophobia for sure, but it doesn't necessarily mean they are homophobic. My parents may have voted no (they won't be telling me) and they do not hate gay people. It's lacking empathy (because they didn't put themselves in the shoes of gay people being told they shouldn't have marriage rights; instead they only considered how *they* feel about marriage) but I don't think it's always purely homophobia.

And if you voted no because the yes side "bullied" you by canvassing more than the no side or "annoyed" you by talking about the referendum too much, you're a spanner. Seriously.

Oh hell yeah. Give me the first bunch of people I talked about above, before those idiots - any day.

Diabhal Beag · 22-05-2015 11:14PM

I swear lads, one more exit poll and I'll get off them for good.

Anita Blow · 22-05-2015 11:14PM

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Agreed but some of the stuff on Radio was blatantly biased for the yes. Like Ray Darcy saying today that it was the best mood, and the happiest referendum atmosphere ever! Moncrieff on Newstalk smugly saying today we can't talk about the thing "yes yes yes". Not to mention Newstalk doing a segement about a poor woman who's son killed himself cos he was gay.

Bad form from all sides (yes and no) this ref put people like me right off.

In fairness though, the atmosphere was great. There were a couple of women giving out free sandwiches and cakes outside my polling station, no lie.

RayM · 22-05-2015 11:14PM

silverfeather wrote: »

Now that the polls have closed, let's change the nature of the thread. It's all Post Facto now. What have we learned?

We've learned that there weren't any valid reasons to vote No after all (or if there were, they've left it a bit late).

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