The thread title is ridiculous, a tiny proportion of 1.5% of Irish people who are homosexual, will take advantage of the new legislation, just like every other country which has adopted homosexual "marriage"......how has this changed things utterly?
The vast majority of people don't care one way or the other, they have much more important things to contend with, like getting a job, bringing up a family and providing a proper standard of living.

All it has done is weaken the church, but the church brought much of its problems upon itself. by encouraging homosexuals into the priesthood through the celibacy rule.

If the church is to regain any credibility, the celibacy rule must be scrapped and married priests with young children taken on.
how can they say they protect family values when their priests are supposed to be celibate and a very large percentage are homosexual?

it looks hypocritical.