Farming special - Day 3: Majority of farmers in favour of gay marriage
The findings, contained in the second Irish Examiner/ICMSA survey on farming attitudes, found if a referendum on gay marriage was held today, 46% of farmers would be in favour of the provision with 41% opposed. Just 13% said they did not know which way they would vote.
Director of the Gay and Lesbian Network of Ireland Brian Sheehan said the results were a clear demonstration of the “transformation in attitudes to lesbian and gay people in rural Ireland” and the willingness to extend equal status and dignity in the Constitution to lesbian and gay couples.
