Sunday 22nd August- Dublin City Hall

Civil Partnership excludes LGBT people from a fundamental civil and human right. Civil Partnership makes us second class citizens. Civil Partnership does not provide equality for LGBT people and their families. One of the most outrageous aspects of the partnership scheme is the complete lack of any rights for LGBT parents and their children. It offers no way for parents to create protected legal bonds with each other as parents or with their children. Civil Partnership denies parents the right to make educational and medical decisions regarding their children. It denies children of LGBT parents the right to inherit from their parents. Parents will be taxed as a couple but denied their parental rights as a couple. In the tragic event of a biological parent dying a child could be taken away from its other mom or dad.

Noise believes that even if partnership offered all the benefits of marriage, it would still be discrimination as a separate system for gay people only cannot be called equality. Noise calls for an end to such an apartheid system and for the Irish government to open up the choice of civil marriage to all citizens. Follow the example of Spain, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Argentina, Portugal, Nepal, Mexico, Iceland, The Netherlands and Belgium - Civil Marriage Now!

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UPDATE
Sunday is nearly here! We really need everyone to make a special effort to march this year come rain or shine! Don’t forget to ask your friends and family to come. We need as many there as possible to show that we won’t be pacified by half measures in the form of Civil Partnership.

We will be gathering beside City Hall at 2pm on Sunday and marching up to the Department of Justice on Stephen’s Green. Colm O’Gorman of Amnesty International and Grainne Healy of Marriage Equality will be among the speakers.
Don’t forget Tripod are hosting a post-march party til late! There’ll be a BBQ (with veggie option), Mr Greedy’s Ice Cream Van and fabulous djs:

Sean John (R.I.P)
Peter Fingleton (C.U.N.T)
Will St Ledger (Mother)
Ian Finnerty & Richie JC (SuperSuperDisco)

Drink promos:
330ml Btls Stella/Krombacher ?3.50
Smirnoff Ice/WKD ?3.50
Cocktail of the week ?5

Panti Bar will be opening early at 1pm for pre-march treats!

The Front Lounge are offering buckets of Heineken, Coors Light and Corona @ 5 for 20euro. And free sandwiches for marchers!

Noise launched our ‘Write for Your Rights’ Campaign recently. Volunteers will be moving among the crowd on Sunday asking you to sign a postcard that Noise will post for you directly to the Minister for Justice himself!

Noise will have banners and t shirts with slogans for you to wear if you like but please bring your own banners and t shirts on the day too!

If you’d like to help us steward the march please contact an organiser on the day or email us at info@lgbtnoise.ie

If you’re offering or looking for a car pool check out this website:
http://www.tripmi.ie/March_for_Marriage

If anyone knows of any drumming troupes that might be available on Sunday please get in touch at info@lgbtnoise.ie
And finally special thanks to Cormac and all at Prhomo for their generous support!

See you all on Sunday!

Love and noise,

The Noise Team