Marriage equality across the globe -- Chronology of key events surrounding the Irish marriage equality campaign -- Introduction : a social revolution begins -- Irish historical and global context -- The path to the High Court -- Civil partnership bills -- Marriage Equality : a new direction -- Political lobbying, the media and influencing public opinion -- Meeting the challenges of the twenty-first century -- Preparing for a revolution -- Yes Equality -- The campaign in action -- The final hurdles -- The referendum -- Afterword : future directions
Summary
Tracing the campaign for marriage equality, this book highlights how this movement and the related referendum result have propelled Ireland from a country perceived as one repressed and controlled by the Catholic church to a country that is now admired as a leader in equality of human rights
Analysis
Civil partnerships
Constitution
Equality
Gay rights
Homosexuality
Ireland
Marriage
Politics
Referendum
Religion
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 30, 2020)
