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17th April 2015
01:34pm BST

In a later conversation, I heard the story of a gay man who (recently) emigrated to Australia so he could live his life openly, as he felt that his family would lose out on work if he was honest about his sexuality in his home village.
Those quotes didn't come from Ireland in 1950, they came from Ireland in 2015.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not for a second having a go or casting judgement on the people who answered the door to that canvasser. The fact is that their views have probably been imposed on them by others or come from a lack of understanding rather than malice.
The reason I felt the need to write this post is to highlight the fact that the conversation surrounding why Ireland desperately needs a 'yes' vote in the next referendum needs to be bigger, louder and unrelenting until it reaches every single person who can cast a vote on ballot day.
We have a long way to go to bring this country's outdated legislation in line with modern society but this is as good a place to start as any.
If we truly want to see a historic step forward for equality, we all have a responsibility to talk to our parents, our grandparents, our siblings, our friends, our flatmates and anyone else we come across to make sure that by the end of this year, the only obstacle stopping someone walking down the aisle is finding the right person to stand at the end of it.
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