(Dublin 25th June) Equals activists chained themselves to the gates of Dáil Eireann today in protest at the Government’s proposed Civil Partnership Bill.
Equals used chains to lock onto the main gates of Government buildings and unfurled a rainbow flag with the words ‘Marriage Rights Are Equal Rights’. Equals says that the Government’s proposed Civil Partnership Bill creates a two-tier society where gay people and their families are treated as second class citizens.
“We are all equal and deserve to be given the same right as straight people to marry the person we love,” said spokesperson, Lisa Connell, adding “we won’t leave here until Brian Cowen takes equality seriously”
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