Yes we can be brave not afraid, open not closed. All we need is love

It’s simple. If I’m heterosexual, I can get married to the person I love. If I’m not, I can’t, writes Fergus Finlay

Over the last 35 years or so, I suppose I’ve done bits and pieces in a couple of dozen local, general, and presidential elections, and more referenda than I can remember. I can recall many happy memories, although a few have created scar tissue around my soul. But every now and again, things happen that make you realise you’re fighting alongside the good guys.

Last Friday night, a small group of us spent a couple of hours canvassing people at the Luas in St Stephen’s Green and around the top of Grafton Street. Again and again, people politely declined my offer of a Vote Yes leaflet. But they were smiling, and dozens of them were showing me that they already had their Yes or Tá badges on their lapels.