Same-sex “marriage” in Ireland?

By J.C. von Krempach, J.D. | April 15, 2013

Eamon Gilmore

The constitutional convention backs the extension of marriage rights to same-sex couples, the Irish Times reports. With this decision, Ireland seems set to join the fold of countries that want to destroy the institution of marriage by re-defining it beyond recognisability. But it could still be prevented, as a popular referendum will be needed.

In welcoming this result, Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Eamon Gilmore said he had always believed “that our laws reflect the past, not the future” on this issue. “It’s not the role of the State to pass judgement on who a person falls in love with, or who they want to spend their life with.”

Just two short comments on this statement, which is really of an outstanding silliness:

First, saying that existing laws “reflect the past”, while proposals to change them “represent the future” is the prototype of a non-argument, typically used by those who want to avoid a debate to substance. But the reality is that only marriage between a man and a woman can contribute to the future, and that is precisely what marriage is about.

Secondly, I f someone believes that “it’s not the role of the State to pass judgement on who a person falls in love with”, then he should not be in favour of same-sex “marriages”. People who marry do precisely this: they seek public recognition for their relationship. It is therefore simply outlandish to say that marriage is a purely private matter on which the State has no saying. The real problem of the same-sex “marriage” debate is not that anyone is disturbing the privacy of gay or lesbian people, but that these people want to use this institution, which has completely different purposes, for their exhibitionism. And so does Eamon Gilmore, exhibiting that he is absolutely clueless what he is speaking about.

The turn of events is, by the way, astonishing. As recent debates in France have shown, the recognition of same-sex “marriages” would immediately (and without further debate) open the door to the adoption of children by gay couples – and thus to the systematic ‘recruitment’ of children for homosexuality. During the child abuse scandals concerning the Catholic Church, the current Irish Government held themselves out as the great protectors of the innocence of children… and now look what they’re doing.

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