Marriage amendment lost in translation

The Irish version of the marriage equality amendment to the Constitution needs to be rewritten.

The wording is: “Féadfaidh beirt, cibé acu is fir nó mná iad, conradh a dhéanamh i leith pósadh de réir dlí.” This can be rendered in English as: “Two persons, whether they be men or women, may contract in relation to marriage in accordance with law.”

On the plain meaning of these words, two men or two women may marry. The sentence is silent in relation to a man wishing to marry a woman, and in relation to persons of intersex identity.