Marriage equality a decade on: ‘Things have gone backwards’
Ten years ago this week, on May 23rd, 2015, the people of Ireland voted to legalise same-sex marriage.
Writing in The Irish Times the day after the referendum, columnist Fintan O’Toole noted the overwhelming victory for the Yes side “looks extraordinary” but was actually “about the ordinary”.
“Ireland has redefined what it means to be an ordinary human being,” wrote O’Toole.
“Everybody gains from equality – even those who didn’t think they wanted it. Over time, those who are in a minority on this issue will come to appreciate the value of living in a pluralist democracy in which minorities…
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