Twitter reacts to the latest Marriage Referendum debate.
The latest Marriage Referendum debate took place on Claire Byrne Live last night and plenty of people took to the Twittersphere to express their thoughts on it both during the debate and afterwards.
The ‘Yes’ side were represented by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney and by Eamon Farrell, the brother of actor Colin Farrell.
The ‘No’ side, meanwhile were represented by Independent Senator Ronan Mullen from Galway and by Paddy Manning, who turned a few heads on a similar debate on the Late Late Show recently.
Some members of the studio audience also got to express their views on the issue and here’s what Twitter thought of how the debate unfolded.
https://twitter.com/BPDCarey/status/597817761277071360
Why is there a programme on RTE on surrogacy?! Thought we were asking the people of Ireland for their opinion on marriage equality? #MarRef
— Ged Nash TD (@geraldnash) May 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/TaraFlynn/status/598020441370980353
Still undecided on the Surrogacy Referendum – if only they had done a straightforward one first, like Equal Right to Marry #cblive
— Joe O'Shea (@josefoshea) May 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/EamonMcGee/status/597873295942393857
Sen. Mullen: 'We should give legal support to all families but no child should be deprived of a mother or father.’ #cblive #MarRef
— Upfront with Katie Hannon (@RTEUpfront) May 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/UnaMullally/status/597875391869616128
I am not a lobby. I am not funded. I am a young person asking my nation to allow for me to get married and have equal aspirations. #cblive
— Patrick Dempsey (@PatMattDempsey) May 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/nbrez/status/597879529353420800
"For years men and women would be thrown together in arranged marriages for head of cattle/magic beans. Why should we change that?" #cblive
— Colm Tobin (@colmtobin) May 11, 2015
The results of our #cblive poll tonight: pic.twitter.com/wUk0QT9vW6
— Upfront with Katie Hannon (@RTEUpfront) May 11, 2015
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