Sonja Tiernan

The history of marriage equality in Ireland (eBook, ePUB)

A social revolution begins

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Ireland is the first country in the world to extend civil marriage to same sex couples through a public vote. The marriage equality referendum saw record numbers turn out to register their votes including Irish emigrants who returned from around the world to ensure an impressive majority in favour of this constitutional amendment. The overwhelming positive result marked a clear separation of church and State for possibly the first time in Ireland. The Yes Equality campaign ignited a social revolution across Ireland, witnessed more recently with further referenda decriminalising abortion and introducing a less punitive regime for obtaining a divorce. Utilising published reports, newspaper articles, marriage equality papers and extracts from Dáil debates, this book traces the key legislative and social changes surrounding Irish marriage equality, from the establishment of the advocacy group in 2008 to the referendum on the extension of civil marriage rights to same-sex couples in Ireland in 2015. With a foreword by Ivana Bacik, a Senator and Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College Dublin, best known for her tireless work defending human rights, this book offers a concise historical record of the momentous referendum on marriage equality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526145987
• Artikelnr.: 58879606

Autorenporträt

Sonja Tiernan is the Eamon Cleary Chair of Irish Studies and co-director of the Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Otago

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Irish Historical and Global Context 2 The Path to the High
Court 3 Civil Partnership Bills 4 Marriage Equality a New Direction 5
Political Lobbying, the Media & Influencing Public Opinion 6 Meeting the
Challenges of the Twenty First Century 7 Preparing for a Revolution 8 Yes
Equality 9 The Campaign in Action 10 The Final Hurdles 11 The Referendum
Afterword: Future Directions Bibliography Appendix Index