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Mon 07 Jul 2010Impact of Civil Partnership Bill
Madam, – Why is it that as a gay man, in a stable relationship for nearly 11 years, I feel disappointed and betrayed once again, by a system that is legally and morally obliged to protect me? I so want to celebrate. To dance in the street. To yell at the top of my voice, “I’m getting married!” But I still can’t. I feel like I’m banging this drum forever, but Bunreacht na hÉireann does not define marriage as one between a man and a woman. I have read and re-read this.
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