Same Sex Marriage Referendum Mega Thread - MOD WARNING IN FIRST POST

daisybelle2008

Wulfie wrote: »

And isolated those you choose to call homophobes .

I foresee a surge in attacks on gays by those you have isolated.

I have a profoundly gay son. I hope he doesn't suffer any back lash.

Enjoy your parades and beware.

EDIT: somehow I quoted the wrong post.

So you are saying No voters are being isolated by being unfairly called homophobes. These Non-homophobes are now going to backlash and attack gays..? WTF

How can one be profoundly gay? Are there different levels of gay? Does it go from "only a little bit" to "so gay they can't function"? Where does profoundly gay fit on that scale? So many questions!

Intensive Care Bear

Reading this has actually made me cry with pride, go Ireland.

eternal

I can't believe the emotions. When I have kids they will know they can choose to be whomever they want to be and nobody will judge them. People should not be frowned upon due to sexual preference. Calling everyone gay as an insult in the schoolyard may finally be over. Even as a 100% straight person I embrace change and individuality. Let there be a new tomorrow.

cloud493

Well this is a pretty ****ing great day. The people made their choice, and we're not homophobic bigots, so I think we should feel pretty great!

wakka12

Early tallies across the country coming in.
Mayo is leaning to a YES Vote 52-48%
Western counties of Clare, Kerry, Limerick all marginally towards Yes.
Dublin coming in at 65-75% Yes in areas of south Dublin.
No side needed to win big in western counties to have any chance today.
We're looking good for marriage equality !

dark crystal

B0jangles wrote: »

My nomination for Perfect Song for today.

What with it being Eurovision as well, I'd nominate....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW3HN_pvbE4

Tipperary animal lover

Morning all, what a great day to be gay and irish this morning, my partner of 23 LONG(lol) years has just proposed to me to get married, im over the moon thank you ireland for given us this chance to be equal in eyes of the country.

VinLieger

Tipperary animal lover wrote: »

Morning all, what a great day to be gay and irish this morning, my partner of 23 LONG(lol) years has just proposed to me to get married, im over the moon thank you ireland for given us this chance to be equal in eyes of the country.

This!!!!! This is what it was all about! Congratulations to both of you!

Tipperary animal lover

Tipperary animal lover wrote: »

Morning all, what a great day to be gay and irish this morning, my partner of 23 LONG(lol) years has just proposed to me to get married, im over the moon thank you ireland for given us this chance to be equal in eyes of the country.

Can we be invited? Always wanted to go to a gay wedding.

P_1

Tipperary animal lover wrote: »

Morning all, what a great day to be gay and irish this morning, my partner of 23 LONG(lol) years has just proposed to me to get married, im over the moon thank you ireland for given us this chance to be equal in eyes of the country.

Congrats!! :D

irishmover

Tipperary animal lover wrote: »

Morning all, what a great day to be gay and irish this morning, my partner of 23 LONG(lol) years has just proposed to me to get married, im over the moon thank you ireland for given us this chance to be equal in eyes of the country.

Sincerely hope the final tally goes in your way. This could be a great day in modern Irish history. Just a shame I couldn't be home to help with the voting.

Anita Blow

Tipperary animal lover wrote: »

Morning all, what a great day to be gay and irish this morning, my partner of 23 LONG(lol) years has just proposed to me to get married, im over the moon thank you ireland for given us this chance to be equal in eyes of the country.

I actually scoffed a little when reading tweets about people crying this morning following early tallies. But now this post has made me well up. Damn you.

Congratulations!!!

Penn

Tipperary animal lover wrote: »

Morning all, what a great day to be gay and irish this morning, my partner of 23 LONG(lol) years has just proposed to me to get married, im over the moon thank you ireland for given us this chance to be equal in eyes of the country.

Ye were always equal. We just had to update some paperwork

Congrats to ye both!

timetogo

I've just realised this morning how important this was for me. I'm not gay and I only know a couple of gay people but for me it was about how we view and treat our fellow humans. Looking at the feelings I've had this morning imagine how opposite they'd have been if it was a no.
Happily though we don't need to worry about that and can have some more pride for our country today.

Ososlo

Tipperary animal lover wrote: »

Morning all, what a great day to be gay and irish this morning, my partner of 23 LONG(lol) years has just proposed to me to get married, im over the moon thank you ireland for given us this chance to be equal in eyes of the country.

Congratulations. I have a tear in my eye as I'm so happy for you... random internet stranger

from my 18 year old nephew who only registered to vote a few weeks ago to my mother in the depths of rural Ireland I am proud of them all for doing the right thing.

Benny_Cake

Tipperary animal lover wrote: »

Morning all, what a great day to be gay and irish this morning, my partner of 23 LONG(lol) years has just proposed to me to get married, im over the moon thank you ireland for given us this chance to be equal in eyes of the country.

Congratulations!

mrsoundie

Hey senator Mullen, the Fifties rang, they want their prejudices back!

SeanFrank

I was pretty nervous that the polls leading up would be wrong, but this must be one of the best days our young country has ever seen.

Congrats to the LGBT folks, couldn't be more delighted for you!

So proud to be Irish right now.

Kiwi in IE

Ummm guys, when can I expect Little Kiwi to be collected and placed with his new, gay parents? I'm not meaning to be pushy but would like to be able to plan the rest of my weekend! I would like to go out and celebrate with a couple of glasses of wine before I am conscripted as a surrogate and can't drink for 9 months!

Ave Sodalis

Wulfie wrote: »

And isolated those you choose to call homophobes .

I foresee a surge in attacks on gays by those you have isolated.

Yeah, imagine those who attack gay people for being called homophobes... being called homophobes. You'd nearly think that was the definition of homophobe...

leahyl

Tipperary animal lover wrote: »

Morning all, what a great day to be gay and irish this morning, my partner of 23 LONG(lol) years has just proposed to me to get married, im over the moon thank you ireland for given us this chance to be equal in eyes of the country.

Brilliant!! Congratulations!!

molloyjh

Tipperary animal lover wrote: »

Morning all, what a great day to be gay and irish this morning, my partner of 23 LONG(lol) years has just proposed to me to get married, im over the moon thank you ireland for given us this chance to be equal in eyes of the country.

I'm assuming you said Yes?

Congrats. This actually made me get emotional, and I'm a cold hearted pragmatist!

mrsoundie

Will Mullen just let it go!

Dig up you fool!

Tasden

FluffyAngel wrote: »

im awake ......

I think you should read the posters post again.
She said "this" irish mammy. She was speaking for herself. And then for her partner. You seem to be taking her up wrong.

eternal

eternal wrote: »

I can't believe the emotions. When I have kids they will know they can choose to be whomever they want to be and nobody will judge them. People should not be frowned upon due to sexual preference. Calling everyone gay as an insult in the schoolyard may finally be over.

I'd be very surprised if this sees the end of bigotry, prejudice and abuse. I presume it still very much exists in countries that previously ratified gay marriage.

sjb25

Not gay but I'm fcuking delighted great day am in right form now looks like a very large amount of us in rural Ireland are not as backward as you guys in the pale think

seamus

Pretty sure there are going to be more engagements this weekend than on any other weekend in history.

I'm off to find a wedding company that I can invest in...

eternal

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd be very surprised if this sees the end of bigotry, prejudice and abuse. I presume it still very much exists in countries that previously ratified gay marriage.

I'm trying to be positive. I am saying that the sting will be gone. That people will be accepted more. There are bigots everywhere even with straight people. Why rain on the parade?

_Kaiser_

Dear god, I can't stand Enda Kenny. Mumbling nonsense here on RTE and looking out of his depth as usual!

It's depressing how a civil rights/equality issue has been turned into a political issue (more votes next year I suppose!) but congrats to all YES supporters. As mentioned before, didn't vote myself as I've moved constituency recently and have no stake in the issue either way but well done.

Any word on the Presidential vote?

wallywhittle

wallywhittle wrote: »

Somebody get me a bucket

You're going to cry tears of joy that you're going to need a bucket? Wow, you're a brave man to admit that.

Kiwi in IE

seamus wrote: »

Pretty sure there are going to be more engagements this weekend than on any other weekend in history.

I'm off to find a wedding company that I can invest in...

I'm actually very good at baking and decorating cakes! I might start a business since it seems there may be an issue with the supply of this product!

Kiwi in IE

Tipperary animal lover wrote: »

Morning all, what a great day to be gay and irish this morning, my partner of 23 LONG(lol) years has just proposed to me to get married, im over the moon thank you ireland for given us this chance to be equal in eyes of the country.

This made me well up. I'm so happy to be part of this country today! Huge congratulations to you both.

Hermy

David Quinn is concerned that the result may mean that the Ashers bakery thing could be repeated in the Republic.

What is he on about?

Ashers bakery broke the law.

sjb25

Hermy wrote: »

David Quinn is concerned that the result may mean that the Ashers bakery thing could be repeated in the Republic.

What is he on about?

Ashers bakery broke the law.

Grapes are very sour in mr Quinn's house

sjb25

wallywhittle wrote: »

The country is gone to f8ck

Several airports and ferry ports if you don't like it use one

Tigger99

I shed a tear watching the vote count. One guy spoke about how he hoped to be able to marry his partner now as a result.

Wow a yes vote and the eurovision in the same day? There's gonna be a pretty epic party around Dublin this evening!

wakka12

Im so so happy to hear this, almost elated. You have no idea how much this means to a gay teenager living in Ireland, thank you so very much to anyone who went out of their way to vote and even more so to the people who travelled thousands of miles to come home to vote. You made a lot of people very happy, thank you so much

galljga1

Tasden wrote: »

I think you should read the posters post again.
She said "this" irish mammy. She was speaking for herself. And then for her partner. You seem to be taking her up wrong.

No.....I can't......

seamus

Hermy wrote: »

David Quinn is concerned that the result may mean that the Ashers bakery thing could be repeated in the Republic.

What is he on about?

Ashers bakery broke the law.

"I'm concerned now that the Irish public have voted to treat gay people as equals, that ordinary people on the street are going to be required to treat gay people equally. Where's the room for freedom of conscience?"

eternal

Tigger99 wrote: »

I shed a tear watching the vote count. One guy spoke about how he hoped to be able to marry his partner now as a result.

Wow a yes vote and the eurovision in the same day? There's gonna be a pretty epic party around Dublin this evening!

The whole country will be on the piss tonight. It will be one of the biggest celebrations ever.

Hermy

seamus wrote: »

"I'm concerned now that the Irish public have voted to treat gay people as equals, that ordinary people on the street are going to be required to treat gay people equally. Where's the room for freedom of conscience?"

Did David Quinn say that?????:eek::pac:

Doctor Jimbob

Hermy wrote: »

David Quinn is concerned that the result may mean that the Ashers bakery thing could be repeated in the Republic.

What is he on about?

Ashers bakery broke the law.

They don't allow same sex marriage in the North anyway, do they? Clearly the issues are unrelated. Clearly to anyone but David, anyway.

super_furry

Tell you what, Avril Power must love House of Cards.

Rightwing

23rd of May shall be remembered as: The May Gay Day.

seamus

Hermy wrote: »

Did David Quinn say that?????:eek::pac:

No, that's just me guessing what David Quinn is really wanting to say.

That's basically what they were saying through their campaign anyway.

galljga1

seamus wrote: »

"I'm concerned now that the Irish public have voted to treat gay people as equals, that ordinary people on the street are going to be required to treat gay people equally. Where's the room for freedom of conscience?"

Luckily 'freedom of conscience' is tempered by the law of the land, not canon law.

_Kaiser_

super_furry wrote: »

Tell you what, Avril Power must love House of Cards.

That's who she's reminding me of!

Can't fault her for that. HoC is excellent

irish coldplayer

Kiwi in IE wrote: »

Ummm guys, when can I expect Little Kiwi to be collected and placed with his new, gay parents? I'm not meaning to be pushy but would like to be able to plan the rest of my weekend! I would like to go out and celebrate with a couple of glasses of wine before I am conscripted as a surrogate and can't drink for 9 months!

You'll have to wait your turn, I'm still waiting for the EU storm troopers we were promised by run for the hills as part of voting yes in the last EU referendum to come and take my kids away!!

Penny Tration

wakka12 wrote: »

Im so so happy to hear this, almost elated. You have no idea how much this means to a gay teenager living in Ireland, thank you so very much to anyone who went out of their way to vote and even more so to the people who travelled thousands of miles to come home to vote. You made a lot of people very happy, thank you so much

I assume you'll invite all of us yes voter internet strangers to your wedding when you're older and planning one? :P