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Voters in Ireland have resoundingly rejected two constitutional amendments that attempted to redefine traditional definitions of family and motherhood.
More than 1.5 million Irish voters cast ballots March 9 with 67% rejecting the proposed Family Amendment and 74% defeating the Care Amendment.
The Christian Institute’s (TCI) Ciarán Kelly welcomed the result, calling it “a resounding affirmation of marriage and motherhood.” TCI is a nondenominational charity in the United Kingdom that advocates for a Biblical worldview in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
The Family Amendment would have altered the Irish Constitution’s definition of the family. Currently, the constitution “recognises the Family as the natural primary and fundamental unit group of Society, and as a moral institution possessing inalienable and imprescriptible rights, antecedent and superior to all positive law,” and declares that the family “is founded” upon marriage. The Family Amendment aimed to change the constitution to redefine the family as “founded on marriage or on other durable relationships” and would have struck from the constitution the clarification that family “is founded” upon marriage.
More than 1.5 million Irish voters cast ballots March 9 with 67% rejecting the proposed Family Amendment and 74% defeating the Care Amendment.
The Christian Institute’s (TCI) Ciarán Kelly welcomed the result, calling it “a resounding affirmation of marriage and motherhood.” TCI is a nondenominational charity in the United Kingdom that advocates for a Biblical worldview in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
The Family Amendment would have altered the Irish Constitution’s definition of the family. Currently, the constitution “recognises the Family as the natural primary and fundamental unit group of Society, and as a moral institution possessing inalienable and imprescriptible rights, antecedent and superior to all positive law,” and declares that the family “is founded” upon marriage. The Family Amendment aimed to change the constitution to redefine the family as “founded on marriage or on other durable relationships” and would have struck from the constitution the clarification that family “is founded” upon marriage.
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