Two constitutional referenda were held in Ireland on the 8th of March to revise the wording of the constitution, to widen the definition of family and redefine gender roles in the provision of care. The Irish government claimed that this would modernize the constitution and align it to current views and needs.The proposed changes were as follows:The Thirty-ninth Amendment would add the text between brackets to Article 41.1.1:“The State recognizes the Family, [whether founded on marriage or on other durable relationships], 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.”It would also remove the text between brackets from Article 41.3.1:“The State pledges
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