The marriage equality referendum 2015
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6074941 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yvonne Murphy |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 315-330 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0790-7184 • E-ISSN: 1743-9078 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07907184.2016.1158162 |
| OpenAlex | W2346683826 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
In passing the Marriage Referendum 2015, Ireland became the first country in the world to enshrine marriage equality in its written constitution and the first to legalise same-sex marriage through national referendum. Turnout was high and the result decisive, illustrating the extent to which the Irish public embraced the proposal to adopt marriage equality on a constitutional basis. This is notable, given Ireland’s record of having maintained a criminal ban on homosexual acts until as late as 1993; as such, the recent advancements made by this once socially conservative state in the field of LGBT rights demands the attention of scholars. This report provides an account of the historic Marriage Referendum beginning with an overview of the historical development of the gay and lesbian rights movement in Ireland, the role of the Irish Convention on the Constitution in bringing about the Referendum, and details of the proposal itself. It then progresses with a brief description of the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ campaigns, an overview of opinion poll figures in the period leading up to the Referendum, and finally concludes with a discussion of turnout and voting on referendum day
Constitution · Convention · Irish · Lesbian · Political science · Politics · Referendum · Sociology · Voting · European and International Law Studies · Irish and British Studies · Water Resources and Governance · Gender Studies · Law
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Same-Sex Relations and the Catholic Church
Changing landscapes
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When activists and courts take on Goliath
Storytelling in the Australian 2023 voice referendum campaign
Higher education students as political actors
Change beneath the surface
Becoming a birth mother in the context of a planned same-sex family
Alcohol is Humanity’s enemy!” Propaganda Posters and the 1922 Swedish Prohibition Referendum
Integration Referendums as Expressions of Constituent Power
Direct democracy and equality
Asexual geographies
Explaining the Australian marriage equality vote
The divorce referendum 2019
Issue congruence between voters and parties
Understanding the 2015 marriage referendum in Ireland
At the table
The blasphemy referendum 2018
The Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey and the Limitations of Vulnerability-based Politics
Differences in gay and heterosexual men's emotional restriction through their femininity
Experiences and Attitudes of the LGBTQ+ Community on Care/Nursing Homes
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |