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Ireland abandons its children : Comments
By David van Gend, published 25/5/2015More than half the Irish have voted for homosexual marriage, seduced by celebrities to violate something they once held sacred: the life between mother, father and child.
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I agree this is a badly argued article, and should not go unchallenged. But that entails pointing out its flaws, as you have done, not trying to silence it.
I would apply the same argument to other people propounding views I find objectionable.
On the referendum I’m in two minds. A referendum has great legitimacy. The 1967 referendum on indigenous rights was a milestone in our history that we can be proud of, and I’m sure many in Ireland are feeling the same today. Marriage is a social construct, and I’m not comfortable with the State and politicians having the deciding say on who can and can’t marry.
On the other hand … going through parliament is quicker and cheaper, and unlike Ireland we don’t need a referendum to change the law. And, if we view the issue from a rights perspective, then equal treatment of citizens before the law is a fundamental right that should not be subject to the vagaries of public opinion