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30/01/2013
Mr Lyons said: "I was honoured to attend the weekend's Convention meeting and to hear its consideration of a reduction in the voting age and a reduced presidential term. The Convention provided a forum for thoughtful discussion on these issues and I am heartened that same-sex marriage will be considered in a similar way on April 13th & 14th.
"With this in mind, I welcomed the results of a new poll indicating that 75% of people would vote yes in a referendum to extend civil marriage to same-sex couples - an increase of 12% from previous research in 2008. This poll by Millward Brown, carried out for Marriage Equality, shows the growing public support to allow same sex couples the rights of legally recognised marriages.
"Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter, also stated his support for same-sex marriage on Sunday when speaking at the launch of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network's (GLEN) progress report. Minister Shatter stated his support on the basis of 'equal citizenship' and also committed to modernising the parental rights of gay parents in upcoming legislation.
"These are very welcome developments and show that the public is engaged on the issue of same-sex marriage and the momentum is building behind it. With a date now set for the Constitutional Convention's discussion of same-sex marriage, I look forward to contributing positively to the discussion and the historic opportunity it provides to move towards equal marriage rights in Ireland."
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Strong Public Support For Same-Sex Marriage
Labour Party T.D and Constitutional Convention member John Lyons, has welcomed a new poll indicating strong public support for same-sex marriage in advance of it being considered at the Convention in April.Mr Lyons said: "I was honoured to attend the weekend's Convention meeting and to hear its consideration of a reduction in the voting age and a reduced presidential term. The Convention provided a forum for thoughtful discussion on these issues and I am heartened that same-sex marriage will be considered in a similar way on April 13th & 14th.
"With this in mind, I welcomed the results of a new poll indicating that 75% of people would vote yes in a referendum to extend civil marriage to same-sex couples - an increase of 12% from previous research in 2008. This poll by Millward Brown, carried out for Marriage Equality, shows the growing public support to allow same sex couples the rights of legally recognised marriages.
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"Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter, also stated his support for same-sex marriage on Sunday when speaking at the launch of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network's (GLEN) progress report. Minister Shatter stated his support on the basis of 'equal citizenship' and also committed to modernising the parental rights of gay parents in upcoming legislation.
"These are very welcome developments and show that the public is engaged on the issue of same-sex marriage and the momentum is building behind it. With a date now set for the Constitutional Convention's discussion of same-sex marriage, I look forward to contributing positively to the discussion and the historic opportunity it provides to move towards equal marriage rights in Ireland."
(CD)
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