New Poll: 73% in Ireland Support Gay Marriage

In yet another example of how the power of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland is disintegrating, a new poll indicates that 73% of respondents in the Ireland support same sex marriage and believe it should be legal under the nation's constitution. Would that Catholics and former Catholics in more nations recognize the Church hierarchy's utter moral bankruptcy and refuse to heed their anti-gay and anti-modernity propaganda. Better yet, would that they'd stop giving money to the Church and would allow it to either force it to collapse or engage in a much needed purging of the Church leadership - starting with Benedict XVI - and an acceptance of the modern world. Here are highlights from Pink News:

Equal marriage advocates have welcomed a poll which puts public support for allowing gay couples to marry at 73%. The poll, by Red C, showed nearly three quarters of those asked said they would agree with the statement: “Same sex marriage should be allowed in the Constitution”.

The results were presented to Ireland’s Oireachtas yesterday in a report prepared for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the last Constitutional referendum.

Kieran Rose, Chair of Ireland’s Gay and Lesbian Equality Network said: “The poll confirms the openness of Irish people and their support for further critically important progress to achieving equality for lesbian and gay people.

“The proposed Constitutional Convention provides the opportunity to build on the progress of Civil Partnership and provide constitutional protection for our relationships. It also offers a very important opportunity to protect all families equally, including lesbian and gay headed families.

“It shows that not only are Irish people in favour of marriage equality, but they are also in favour of its inclusion in our Constitution. That is a huge step forward in our work to achieve equality for same-sex couples and families all over Ireland.”