Hidden consequences of redefining marriage will come back to haunt us

If marriage is redefined in Ireland, I fear that you will suffer when the ballot paper you ticked with emotion turns out to have far more practical consequences than you ever dreamed.

I fear that you will be vulnerable, when your elected representatives, education system and media promote a sexual anarchy with which you disagree but which the upcoming generations will be too frightened to resist.

I fear that you will be voiceless when hate crime legislation makes defending traditional values punishable by fines and imprisonment and when your belief in the family is subject to the approval of the State and bound by the morality of a new constitutional amendment.