Irish consultation on Referendums on Family, Care and Gender Equality - urgent! Deadline 19 May

I find these consultations so frustrating, the Government pretends to take them into account if they get the responses they want and then ignores them if they don't. Its so disrespectful of peoples time and opinions, don't have a consultation if you don't want to hear contrary opinions

They're supposed to have the wording of this referendum out by next month to the electoral commission and the Government are supposed to already have agreed it mid-May according to their own timetable. https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/534bb-taoiseach-and-minister-ogorman-announce-holding-of-referendum-on-gender-equality/

Thanks for sharing, email sent.

I have sent my objections. Ffs

I cant believe this is true - but if so scandalous behaviour by Irish Government.

By sneaking in Self ID on the back of the Marriage Equality bill, the Irish government tarnished that important vote. Don’t let them do their dirty deeds in the dark again.
https://grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/pulling-another-fast-one

Not saying its better, but Glinner link also has draft letter for inspiration.

But also important to get this deadline information out.

Unless there is a way to challenge the consultation not being properly advertised.

I'm thinking of sending this....

I am opposed to the proposed amendment of the Constitution to include a reference to 'gender equality'.

Article 40 of the Constitution states "All citizens shall, as human persons, be held equal before the law."

This is a simple, clear and unambiguous statement. The Constitution already protects all citizens equally. No one is excluded or discriminated against in the Constitution and thus the establishment of a specific category of person by reference to 'gender' is unnecessary and superfluous.

Gender ideology, which says that a person’s ‘gender’ can differ from their biological sex, is a belief. It is not based in science. It is an unproven theory. In a democratic society where there are many different beliefs, the law must be based on incontrovertible facts and not on any one minority belief system. Gender ideology has no place in our constitution.

I am concerned about the potential consequences of the proposed inclusion of gender ideology in our constitution, in particular the potential for the further erosion of women's sex-based rights, the right to single sex spaces, and also the threat to the safeguarding of children who may be particularly vulnerable to the influence of gender ideology.