Irish anti same-sex campaigners liken support to ‘voting for Sharia Law’
By Ryan Love
Irish campaigners against same-sex marriage have said that a ‘yes’ vote in the upcoming referendum would be like voting for Sharia Law.
Last week, Taoiseach Enda Kenny (pictured) confirmed that the Marriage Equality Referendum would take place on May 22nd.
“They will still contract cancers earlier in life”. Handed this leaflet by some sick individual from #ADFAM #MarRef pic.twitter.com/jR1ekG2Mtq
— Grace O’ Reilly (@graceyosmiley) February 21, 2015
A reporter from Her.ie was handed a leaflet at a Divine Mercy Conference by a member of the Alliance for the Defence of the Family and Marriage (ADFAM). The document, titled ‘Why Should I Vote Against Same-Sex Marriage?’ lists a number of reasons designed to encourage voters not to support same-sex marriage. Branding it a “confidence trick”, the list claims that same-sex marriage is “very short-lived, and promiscuous”.
I ripped up the leaflet I was handed (in the RDS). @HelenORahilly @ianmccourt Here is it in full: pic.twitter.com/LVJqksxKpF
— Grace O’ Reilly (@graceyosmiley) February 21, 2015
“They will still contract cancers earlier in life. The average life expectancy in same-sex relationships is 60 years. Statistically they are, more than average, subject to alcoholism, illegal drug abuse, depression and suicide,” it stated.
ADFAM went on to add that a ‘yes’ vote would be like “voting for the Islamist law known as ‘sharia law’,” before claiming that “persecution of Christians surely will follow, and it will become a climb to teach and preach Christian morality”.
The news follows a warning for members of the Irish LGBT community to be vigilant for increased homophobia, after reports that men had been targeted on dating apps.