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Fr. Robert P. Imbelli
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Francis X. Maier
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Richard A. Spinello
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Carrie Gress
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Fr. Paul D. Scalia
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RECENT COLUMNS
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Fr. Robert P. Imbelli
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Francis X. Maier
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Richard A. Spinello
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Carrie Gress
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Fr. Paul D. Scalia
NEWS
COMMENTARY
Ireland’s next referendum
John Duggan, First Things
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Article 41 of the Irish constitution was originally about protecting marriage and family but was changed following a divorce referendum of 1995 (41.3.2) and the marriage equality referendum of 2015 (41.4). Next year, a referendum will see Ireland moving even closer to a constitution scrubbed clean of all original provisions giving special recognition and protection to families created through the marriage of a man and a woman and in which the woman plays a distinctive role within the home.