Marriage defined as a man and a woman

Senator Ivana Bacik, (Irish Examiner, February 28) like many others supporting the same-sex marriage referendum, says the proposed re-definition of marriage is just one of a series of changes over the centuries.

She instances the removal of prohibitions against persons of different races or religions marrying each other, as if it was a clenching argument.

However, she, as a barrister, should know that this change was a legislative one that reversed previous legislation, not a re-defining of marriage in any way.