Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2024-01-17
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Roderic O'Gorman (GP), Dublin West

We are making a change, but we are not making a change that opens up the definition of family to the type of relationship the Deputy has suggested because there are existing guardrails. A polygamous marriage is not a fundamental unit group of society or a moral institution within this context. We have examined the question very carefully and we do not feel there is any context in which that would take place.

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Sitting date: 2024-01-17