Human rights, biology and wisdom dictate that it should be a ‘no’ vote

So far in this marriage referendum we have been told that it is about equality and redefining marriage.

Perhaps it would be more correct to say that it is about abolishing marriage as we know it and leaving civil partnership as the only available option.

Currently, in Irish law a marriage does not come into existence until the marriage vows are consummated. In those rare and embarrassing situations where this is not possible, the matter may be taken quietly before the courts for an ‘annulment’; a declaration that a marriage never existed.