Dear Editor, I have serious concerns that should the forthcoming referendum be passed, Irish law will be used to destroy equality. It will become increasingly difficult to publicly express the view that marriage is between a man and a woman. Redefining marriage will inevitably demand a revised curriculum in our schools. What will we be…

Dear Editor, If I understand Cathal O’Sullivan (Letters IC 30/04/2015) correctly, he believes that the significance of the complementarity of the sexes in parenting is overstated. While the significance of the complementarity of the sexes in relation to parenting may be open to debate, what is definitely not debatable is that without this complementarity society…

Dear Editor, In relation to Richard Deane’s letter (IC 30/04/2015), as a practising Catholic he should know that God loves us all equally and we should love one another as he told us to. Marriage is about a man and a woman. We are asked to change Article 41 which is called ‘The Family’. Yours…

Dear Editor, Dr Martin Mansergh’s excellent article (IC 30/04/2015) highlighted the importance of the people’s right to be consulted on all matters requiring constitutional change. Irish citizens are indeed fortunate to have a Constitution that requires such consultation. This point is reinforced if we reflect on the recent French experience. In France, a substantial grassroots…

Dear Editor, So far in this marriage referendum we have been told that it is about equality and redefining marriage. Perhaps it would be more correct to say that it is about abolishing marriage as we know it and leaving civil partnership as the only available option. Currently, in Irish law a marriage does not…

Dear Editor, I am reluctantly voting no in the upcoming same-sex marriage referendum as I have concerns regarding the potential consequences if passed, but I do support equality rights for gay and lesbian couples. Prior to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993, there was little tolerance for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender…

Dear Editor, A memory of 1940, at the age of nine, in my hometown of Westport; going up James Street, someone shouted “the Germans have landed in Achill; they will be here tomorrow”. I felt stunned: the future in ruins, houses empty, a home no longer a home! Now in 2015 the same-sex marriage referendum…

Dear Editor, A Labour Party flier has been posted to my home. It reads ‘The Constitution should treat everyone equally’. There is truth here. Under God and State, all women and men are equal and are due equal respect and consideration. Now it is also true that every one of us has different gifts and roles…

Dear Editor, When faced with a choice, I tend to ask “What would Jesus do today?” Sometimes, he was strict about the law in the Old Testament; at other times he offered alternatives to the laws. He instructs the healed leper to go to the priest as per the law as gracefully as he heals…

Dear Editor, Success in the referendum for the proposal to introduce same-sex marriage in to the Irish Constitution would profoundly change the definition of marriage, a definition of an institution treasured by religious and non-religious people alike. It is important that the anomalies and ramifications integral to such a change be very carefully considered. Among…