#VoteWithUs Videos that mention human rights as a theme are shown here.
Margie and Ivor are a married couple from Cork with two gay sons. They are asking you to Vote YES in the upcoming Marriage Equality referendum on May 22nd. “We are married 26 years. About 5 years ago our twin sons told us they were gay. Like any parents we want our children to be treated the same. We don’t …
Sadhbh Berridge is a young mother from Dublin. She believes this issue is a fundamental human right – every couple in love should have the right to get married. And she absolutely wants her own children to grow up in a country that allows that. It’s really as simple as that for Sadhbh. “I will be voting yes on May …
Jan O’Sullivan is the Minister for Education and Skills, and has been a Labour Party TD for Limerick City since 1998. “It’s very important that we have equality fully embedded in the Constitution. I’m lucky – I’ve been happily married for a long time now, and I want to make sure that my children and grandchildren have the same opportunity …
Rebecca is a 21 year old law student in Maynooth University. She wants you to Vote Yes not only for her but for every young LGBT person in Ireland who is struggling to accept themselves. On May 22nd, she wants you to be their voice. Vote Yes! “This referendum is also a powerful symbol for every lost and scared LGBT …
Yes Equality Wicklow made this excellent video and asked us to share it through the Vote With us platform. They spoke with 36 people from all over County Wicklow in April 2015. These include Singer Mary Coughlan, Radio DJ Riyadh Khalaf and Former league of Ireland Bray Wanderers Player Kieran Tarzan O’Brien. All 36 spoke in the video positively about …
Mícheál and Gary met 15 years ago in Galway and have been happily together ever since. They got engaged 12 years ago and entered into a Civil Partnership four years ago. As there is no equivalent of an Irish civil partnership in Australia, where they now live, their union is not recognised there. For many reasons, they would like to …
Nadine is a mother and a lesbian living in Dublin. She has been campaigning for Marriage Equality for many years and knows all too well that Civil Partnerships are not equal to Marriage. She wants this vote to pass to hand the dream of marriage back to LGBT people. “[When civil partnerships were drafted] people sat around a table and went …
Michael Ryan is originally from Kilbeggan, Co Westmeath, and now lives in Dublin. “About 100 years ago, [the proclamation] was written which said that all children should be treated equally. Currently gay and lesbian people are not treated equally… As Mary McAleese said, this referendum is about children – lesbian and gay children, and I hope that you will vote yes …
Jamie Kenny is young gay man from Clondalkin, Dublin. He is currently a third level student at NUI Maynooth. “I am voting yes because I wish to feel that I am just as valued in society as my heterosexual peers, and that my relationships are just as valid as anyone else’s. I want to live in a better Ireland, one …
Luke & Dylan are two young Irish men from Cork, now living in London. In their video, they highlight the difference for them as gay people living in the UK, where marriage is for everyone, compared to Ireland. “The fact is, after 10 months of living in London, we have more rights here than after 22 years living in Ireland.”