Irelands revamped constitution must not change definition of marriage
Image via Wikipedia Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin defended traditional marriage in the midst of a looming political attack during an address before the Mater Dei Institute of Education this past Tuesday. “The Irish Constitution clearly carves out a special role for the family. The legal presumption is that the definition of the family in the Constitution is one based on marriage between a man and a woman,” the archbishop commented, according to the Iona Institute . “In line with most European countries Ireland recognises the fundamental difference between marriage and other forms of relationship.” The archbishop’s comments come in the wake of a proposal on the part of Ireland’s two ruling political parties, Fine Gael and the Labor Party , for a Constitutional Convention to redraft the Irish Constitution. Among the changes proposed is the redefinition of marriage to include same-sex unions. The Fine Gael party replaced Fianna Fail as the new Parliamentary majority i