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Why I'm Voting YES on May 22

Ultimately Ireland's Marriage Equality Referendum will boil down to whether or not a voter believes they have a say in somebody else's relationship. It is not, as the No campaign, and particularly the Iona Institute have tried to tell us, about children and their inexorable right to a mother and a father. Because, to be blunt, that is not a right. There are many families out there who do not have a mother and a father at their core. 25% of Irish families with children are now single parent families. Where exactly do these families fit into the bigger picture of the Iona Institute? It is not about surrogacy, which is presently unregulated in the country (a situation this referendum won't change) and it is not about adoption (which same sex couples have access to already). It is not an attack on religious beliefs or teachings. Religious schools will still be able to teach their beliefs in their religious classes. Although, while we're on the subject. When it c