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The same-sex marriage debate has stepped up a gear in recent days, with more people throwing in their two cents on the issue.
Former Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore joined that list yesterday, warning the Yes side to not become complacent. He told Morning Ireland people who support same-sex marriage won’t necessarily all vote, while those who are “highly motivated to block this referendum from passing” will.
Gilmore said polls carried out by the Labour party show the vote could be a lot tighter than many people expect.
A Labour source previously told TheJournal.ie some politicians may take a Yes vote for granted because they live in the “bubble” of Leinster House.
Independent Senator Rónán Mullen maintains most politicians will vote No, but are afraid to admit this publicly. Watch him explain the “silent dissent” he thinks is taking place:
Will his prediction come to pass?
Yesterday independent TD Mattie McGrath wrote an op-ed for us, explaining why he feels gay people’s rights can be protected without extending marriage to them.
McGrath said: “There is a deliberate and misleading impression being created that those who advocate a No vote are somehow on the wrong side of history and that only access to civil marriage will do as a defining marker of equality for citizens before the law.”
Meanwhile, Leo Varadkar’s sister Sonia wrote an article for the Sunday Independent over the weekend encouraging a Yes vote to ensure “future generations of Irish children … will all be treated with dignity, equality and respect.”
With just 10 days to go until polling, politicians on the Yes side – which includes all of the main parties and several independents – will be hoping they can do enough to get the referendum passed, as more No voters speak up ahead of 22 May.
Could Leinster House become more like the Girl Guides? Joan Burton thinks that would be a good idea.
The latest same-sex marriage debate had a lot of people talking – with praise for both the Yes and No sides.
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