Ireland is the first country in the world to extend civil marriage
to same sex couples through a public vote. The marriage equality
referendum saw record numbers turn out to register their votes
including Irish emigrants who returned from around the world to
ensure an impressive majority in favour of this constitutional
amendment. The overwhelming positive result marked a clear
separation of church and State for possibly the first time in
Ireland. The Yes Equality campaign ignited a social revolution
across Ireland, witnessed more recently with further referenda
decriminalising abortion and introducing a less punitive regime for
obtaining a divorce. Utilising published reports, newspaper
articles, marriage equality papers and extracts from Dail debates,
this book traces the key legislative and social changes surrounding
Irish marriage equality, from the establishment of the advocacy
group in 2008 to the referendum on the extension of civil marriage
rights to same-sex couples in Ireland in 2015. With a foreword by
Ivana Bacik, a Senator and Reid Professor of Criminal Law,
Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin, best known for
her tireless work defending human rights, this book offers a
concise historical record of the momentous referendum on marriage
equality. -- .
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