tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10667700.post332979158526091362..comments2024-01-08T00:18:57.750+00:00Comments on Gay Banker: Congratulations to Ireland on the gay marriage voteGBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07046768019709916759noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10667700.post-87384633806320445492015-06-01T15:35:35.184+01:002015-06-01T15:35:35.184+01:00The media rather over emphasised the influence of ...The media rather over emphasised the influence of the church in Ireland. True, for generations it really had a terrible stranglehold on the Irish people but over the last twenty years or so that grip has been wholly loosened after all the scandals of bishops with children, paedophile priests and the shameful cover-ups.<br /><br />Nonetheless, it will have been the older, more conservative folk that will have backed the NO campaign.<br /><br />Whatever, the vote was won and won convincingly, but the sweetest part of it all was that it was by a popular vote. The majority of a nation got up, went to their polling stations and declared, if I can paraphrase, 'So what if this person or that person is gay or lesbian. That's their business and if they want to marry someone of the same sex, that's also their business, not ours.'<br /><br />Inevitably, there were the post referendum editorials that mooed 'pity the poor NO people who lost'.<br /><br />Actually, I don't believe I will. They didn't LOSE anything. Marriage, in a church, by a priest, between a man and a woman - all that is intact.<br /><br />The referendum was never about taking something away, it was all about giving. Giving the LGBT community full equality and giving complete respect and fraternity.<br /><br />To paraphrase a little more, 'Some people are gay and the nation of Ireland just got over it!'<br /><br />Here's hoping that it will be Australia's turn next.Latelygayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489446489384100920noreply@blogger.com