Marriage is a right for all of our people

Friday’s marriage referendum is an opportunity for the electorate to cast its vote for full and equal rights for anyone wishing to be married, says Fine Gael TD Simon Coveney 

Marriage is a right for all of our people

On Friday, you have the opportunity to do something really positive and powerful for Ireland — extend the institution of civil marriage to all of our citizens under the Constitution.

This referendum is our opportunity to say to gay people that we value them as equals; to say to them that, in today’s Ireland, it’s okay to be gay, to live and love as the person you are.

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